Drawing on historical and contemporary court decisions as well as on Federal Communications Commission and legislative materials, this book documents and evaluates the past twenty years of regulation of common carriers in the telecommunications industry.

Autorentext

Daniel Brenner

Klappentext

This casebook-plus-commentary offers a basic basic introduction to the regulation of the telephone and other common carriers, such as cable, broadcast and video distribution. The materials relating to telecommumications regulation are critically important to understanding the legal and policy landscape of telecommunications today, but this is the first time these materials have been sifted, excerpted, given context and ordered in a readily accessible way. The book presumes no specialized background in technology, law or economics and therefore provides an ideal introduction to this increasingly important field for professionals as well as for scholars and students interested in any aspect of communications and communications policy.

Inhalt

Preface -- Public Utility Theory -- Title II Regulation -- Federal/State Jurisdiction -- Statutory Requirements: "Just and Reasonable"; "Unreasonable Discrimination" -- Dominant/Nondominant Carriers; Forbearance -- Price Caps -- Divestiture of the Bell System -- Line of Business Restrictions -- The Local Exchange: Access and Competition -- Deregulated Markets: Equipment, Enhanced Services, Information and Video, Wireless -- International Telecommunications -- Privacy -- Convergence -- Telecommunications Glossary -- Communications Act of 1934