CMC Telecom, Inc. v. MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE CO.

OPINION

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

For purposes of interpreting the Federal Telecommunications Act, local telephone service providers can be divided into two categories: incumbents, the established carriers who long held regional monopolies, and competitors, who have entered local markets through channels provided for in the Act. One of these channels is resale, which requires incumbents, like AT & T in this case, to offer all of their retail services to competitors at wholesale prices so that competitors may resell those services to customers. 47 U.S.C. § 251(c)(4). AT & T’s retail offerings fall…