Law and regulation of common carriers in the communications industry

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = ⅸ
• 1. PUBLIC UTILITY THEORY = 1
• Introduction to Common Carrier Regulation = 1
• Competitive Carrier, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking = 10
• Questions = 18
• North American Numbering Plan = 19
• Questions = 20
• Rate Regulation = 20
• The Road to More Intelligent Telephone Pricing, Alfred E. Kahn = 21
• Charging for Local Telephone Calls: How Household Characteristics Affect the Distribution of Calls in the GTE Illinois Experiment, R. E. Park et al. = 31
• Questions = 33
• 2. TITLE II REGULATION = 35
• Definition of Common Carrier = 35
• NARUC v. FCC (NARUC I) = 37
• NARUC v. FCC (NARUC II) = 40
• Telocator Network of America v. FCC = 43
• Content Regulation of Customer's Speech = 47
• Regulations Concerning Indecent Communications by Telephone, Report and Order = 48
• Questions = 51
• 3. FEDERAL／STATE JURISDICTION = 53
• Preemption Generally = 53
• Louisiana Public Service Commission v. FCC = 53
• Taxation and the Power of States = 60
• North Carolina Utilities Commission v. FCC = 60
• Questions = 67
• 4. STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS: "JUST AND REASONABLE"；"UNREASONABLE DISCRIMINATION" = 68
• Nader v. FCC = 68
• ABC v. FCC = 72
• Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee v. FCC = 76
• Questions = 80
• 5. DOMINANT／NONDOMINANT CARRIERS；FORBEARANCE = 83
• The Competitive Carrier Proceeding = 83
• Competitive Carrier Rulemaking, First Report and Order = 84
• Competitive Carrier: The Conclusion = 91
• MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. FCC = 92
• Questions = 98
• Streamlined Regulation for AT&T = 100
• Questions = 102
• 6. PRICE CAPS = 103
• Introduction to Price Caps = 103
• Policy and Rules Concerning Rates for Dominant Carriers (Price Caps), First Report and Order = 104
• The Future of Price Caps = 116
• Policy and Rules Concerning Rates for Dominant Carriers (Price Caps), Second Report and Order = 117
• Price Caps with a Consumer Benefit Mechanism: A Workable Approach for AT&T, Gail Garfield Schwartz = 125
• The Impact of Regulation and Public Policy on Telecommunications Infrastructure and U.S. Competitiveness, Shooshan & Jackson, Inc. = 128
• Back to the Future: A Model for Telecommunications, Mark S. Fowler, Albert Halprin, and James D. Schlicting = 132
• Back to the Future: A Comment, Edythe S. Miller = 138
• Questions = 140
• 7. DIVESTITURE OF THE BELL SYSTEM = 142
• Note on the Breakup of AT&T = 142
• United States v. Western Electric = 142
• Questions = 148
• 8. LINE OF BUSINESS RESTRICTIONS = 151
• The Decrees = 151
• United States v. Western Electric = 151
• United States v. Western Electric = 161
• The Triennial Review Process = 166
• Questions = 167
• 9. ACCESS AND BYPASS = 169
• Note on Access Charges = 169
• Long Distance Network Services, Phyllis E. Hartsock = 171
• Local Networks, Terry Monroe = 175
• Adjustments to SLCs and CCLs = 182
• MTS and WATS Market Structure, Report and Order = 183
• MTS and WATS Market Structure, Recommended Decision = 195
• Bell Regionals Cite Extensive Bypass, Hundreds of Millions Lost, FCC Week = 198
• Questions = 200
• Cable as Bypass Technology = 201
• Cox Cable Communications, Inc. (Commline): Memorandum Opinion, Declaratory Ruling and Order = 201
• Questions = 210
• Expanded Interconnection with Local Telephone Company Facilities, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Inquiry = 211
• 10. DEREGULATED MARKETS = 216
• Competition in Terminal Equipment (Customer Premises Equipment) = 216
• Customer Interconnection, First Report = 216
• Competition for Equipment and Enhanced Services = 217
• Second Computer Inquiry = 218
• Computer Inquiry III = 223
• Computer Inquiry III, Phase I (Further Reconsideration) = 225
• Computer Inquiry III, Phase II (Reconsideration) = 226
• Questions = 227
• Information Services = 228
• Information Services, Fredrick Matos = 228
• 11. INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS = 233
• Note on International Communications = 233
• Establishment of Satellite Systems Providing International Communications, Report and Order = 235
• Questions = 240
• 12. THE FUTURE OF REGULATION = 242
• Deregulation: Looking Backward and Looking Forward, Alfred E. Kahn = 242
• Questions = 250
• Appendix A: Telecommunications Glossary = 251
• Appendix B: Communications Act of 1934 = 255
• About the Book and Author = 285
• Case Index = 287
• Index = 293