Legal Opinion
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Brooks Fiber Communications of Oklahoma, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 13, 2000No. 99-5222PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56, codified at 47 U.S.C. § 151 et seq. (the Act), aims to encourage competition in the telephone services industry. Among other things, the Act requires telephone companies competing within the same area to “interconnect” their networks to ensure that callers who subscribe to one local telephone service can receive calls from, and place calls to, those who subscribe to a different local telephone service. See 47 U.S.C. § 251(c)(2)(A). The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is authorized to establish…
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