UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal
Abstract
This article examines the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and Congress' intent that it encourage new local telephone exchange carriers to enter the local telephone market, thereby increasing competition and reducing consumer cost. The authors give an overview of the Act, and then examine the disputes surrounding how the new carriers should pay for the use of existing network facilities under it. The authors argue that the Supreme Court should adopt the Eighth Circuit's actual incremental costs approach, because it is based on the expected future costs of an actual market participant, and is therefore more consistent with sound economic principles.
Recommended Citation
Salvatore Massa, Mark E. Meitzen, and Steve G. Parsons,
Pricing Network Elements under the Telecommunications Act of 1996: Back to the Future,
23 UC Law SF Comm. & Ent. L.J. 751
(2001).
Available at: https://repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_comm_ent_law_journal/vol23/iss4/4
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