Communications Act of 1934, Section 214, Legislative Background |
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... establish a public office . Section 214 obligates the FCC to prevent the service supplier from unnecessarily extending , acquiring or abandoning lines . This scrutiny of corporate action is , in effect , a check on industry structure in ...
... establish a public office . Section 214 obligates the FCC to prevent the service supplier from unnecessarily extending , acquiring or abandoning lines . This scrutiny of corporate action is , in effect , a check on industry structure in ...
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... established , another road puts in a parallel line with a result that instead of one strong road doing the traffic we have two weak roads , so they have to charge the same rate between com- petitive points and we burden the public by ...
... established , another road puts in a parallel line with a result that instead of one strong road doing the traffic we have two weak roads , so they have to charge the same rate between com- petitive points and we burden the public by ...
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... establishing the connection . During the 1930's the bulk of long - distance calls ( e.g. , 80 percent in 1936 ) were still handled by direct lines between cities in order to avoid service degradation associated with manual toll - board ...
... establishing the connection . During the 1930's the bulk of long - distance calls ( e.g. , 80 percent in 1936 ) were still handled by direct lines between cities in order to avoid service degradation associated with manual toll - board ...
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... established policy . It aroused criticism from the independents , who felt that their existence was being threatened by monopoly . In most States , moreover , the granting of exclusive franchises was either unconstitutional or contrary ...
... established policy . It aroused criticism from the independents , who felt that their existence was being threatened by monopoly . In most States , moreover , the granting of exclusive franchises was either unconstitutional or contrary ...
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... establish a " service or extension thereof , " these obligations preceded and were analogous to those passed into ... establishing standards for the provision of telecommu- nications services and facilities , for the establishment of ...
... establish a " service or extension thereof , " these obligations preceded and were analogous to those passed into ... establishing standards for the provision of telecommu- nications services and facilities , for the establishment of ...
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