Brandenburg Telephone Co. v. South Central Bell Telephone Co.

CULLEN, Commissioner.

In the nonmilitary sector of the Fort Knox Military Reservation, which covers portions of Bullitt, Hardin and Meade Counties in Kentucky, the Army for a number of years has operated a local telephone system. As of March 26, 1970, the system embraced 3600 stations. On that day the Army addressed a letter to the Public Service Commission of Kentucky announcing its intention to convert the system from a government-operated one to a commercially-operated one. The letter requested that the Public Service Commission determine what commercial telephone company be authorized to…