Legal Opinion
Qwest Corp. v. Arizona Corp. Commission
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided July 17, 2007No. CV 06-1030-PHX-ROSPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
SILVER, District Judge.
This case involves what is now an interpretation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 adopted by a majority of the courts that have considered it.
■ Section 251 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines the interconnection duties of telecommunications carriers. 47 U.S.C. § 251. Under that section, every telecommunications carrier has the duty “to interconnect directly or indirectly with the facilities and equipment of other telecommunications carriers.” Section 251(c) states that incumbent local exchange carri ers (ILECs) 1 , must negotiate in good faith with…
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