Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I. TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION
Legislative History of the Communications Act of 1934, Mark J. Becker
FCC Preemption After Louisiana PSC, Michael J. Zpevak
Telecommunication Legislation: A Computer Industry Perspective, Herbert E. Marks
Part A: Summary of the Telecommunication Act of 1996 and Part B: The Federal Communication Commission's Interconnection Rules, Charles A. Hudak and Anne E. Franklin
PART II. TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPETITION
Local Competition and Universal Service: New Solutions, Old Myths, Jeffrey Blumenfeld and Christy C. Kunin
Pricing Principles in Telecommunications. Alexander C. Larson
The Computer Inquiry Trilogy, Herbert E. Marks
History of the Third Computer Inquiry Decisions and Appeals, Frank W. Krogh and Richard B. Severy
Information and Enhanced Services: A Retrospective of Regulated and Unregulated Services and an Examination of Their Treatment After the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Walt Sapronov and Lewis E. Lamb III
PART III. TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRANSACTIONS
Mergers and Acquisitions in the Information Industries, Warren G. Lavey
Negotation and State Public Service Commission Review of Interconnection Agreements, Walt Sapronov and Amy Lin Meyerson
Regulatory Issues Raised by the Custom Service Offerings of AT&T and Its Competitors, Ellen G. Block and Henry D. Levine
Taxation of Telecommunications, Walter Hellerstein
PART IV. REFORM
FCC Reform: Governing Requires a New Standard, William H. Read and Ronald Alan Weiner
Appendix: Defining the Regulatory Arena: An Annotated Glossary the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Robert J. Butler, Richard P. Keck, and R. Paul Margie
Subject Index
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