Legal Opinion
Worldcom, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 20, 2001No. 00-1002, 00-1062 and 00-1070PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
Packet-switching and digital subscriber line technologies (“DSL”) make it possible to send data at high speed over conventional copper wire. Two DSL modems are attached to a telephone loop, one at the subscriber’s premises and one at the telephone company’s central office. If the line carries both ordinary telephone service and high-speed data transmission, the carrier must separate these streams at the company’s central office, using a digital subscriber line access multiplexer. With this device the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Mova Pharmaceutical Corp. v. ShalalaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1998
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3Cited by18 opinions
- National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. v. Brand X Internet ServicesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Leonard v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007
- Cablevision Systems Corp. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2011
- Celtronix Telemetry, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2001
- National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. v. Brand X Internet ServicesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
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