Legal Opinion
Global Naps, Inc. v. Verizon New England, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 16, 2007No. 06-2701PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
The present appeal concerns the interpretation of an interconnection agreement between Verizon New England, Inc. and Global NAPs, Inc. Verizon is an established telephone company, largely the descendant of Bell operating companies in New England and the mid-Atlantic states; Global NAPs is a competing carrier that shares Verizon’s facilities in the course of providing its own services to customers.
The agreement between the two is governed primarily by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (“1996 Act”). 1 The stat ute provides for such agreements, either negotiated or by…
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