Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. Box’s Empirical Analysis
548 F.3d 607 · 2008
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 47 U.S.C. § 251 · 47 U.S.C. § 271
Relies on At&T Corp. v. Iowa Utilities Board · Verizon Communications Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · Covad Communications Company v. Federal Communications Commission · Verizon New England, Inc. v. Maine Public Utilities Commission · Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P. v. Missouri Public Service Commission
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“The FCC has been charged by Congress with determining the optimal amount of unbundling-enough to enable [competitive LECs] to compete with [incumbent LECs] but not so much as to enable them to take an almost free ride on services that [the incumbent LEC] has spent a lot of money to create. That judgment, which is certainly within the power of the federal government to make, is without force if a state can require more unbundling ... than the FCC requires ... Remember that the [1996] Act seeks to create a competitive telecommunications industry, in which carriers that compete with incumbent local exchange carriers are allowed to demand access at a price below the market price to those carriers’ facilities only to the extent necessary to prevent those carriers from using their facilities to throttle their competitors. So it is only bottleneck facilities that competitors can demand access to-the facilities they need to provide a network service.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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