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Creation of the Media.(Book review)
I. AN ANALYSIS OF CONSTITUTIVE MOTIVES II. AN APPLICATION OF HISTORY III. CONCLUSION Paul Starr's Creation of the Media provides a rich history of the social, political and legal . . .

Endangered species, lassoes, and unmet promises.(Telecommunications Act of 1996: Ten Years Later Symposium)
I. INTRODUCTION II. A LEARNING EXPERIENCE III. DOING BETTER NEXT TIME A. Endangered Species B. Lassoes C. Unmet Promises IV. CONCLUSION I. INTRODUCTION The Eighth Circuit, in . . .

The greatest story never told: how the 1996 Telecommunications Act helped to transform cable's future.(Telecommunications Act of
It'll be 10-to-1 in our favor. I would say that by 2000, we'll have 50 percent of the cable TV business--no doubt about it, which is why some cable companies are in a panic. Meanwhile, the . . .

Deregulation and market concentration: an analysis of post-1996 consolidations.(Telecommunications Act of 1996: Ten Years Later
I. THE ISSUE II. THE CHANGING INDUSTRY STRUCTURE III. EMPIRICAL FINDINGS A. Vertical Concentration. B. Local Concentration IV. INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS V. OUTLOOK I. THE ISSUE . . .

Rivalrous telecommunications networks with and without mandatory sharing.(Telecommunications Act of 1996: Ten Years Later Sympos
I. INTRODUCTION II. NETWORK SHARING RULES PURSUANT TO THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996 III. TESTING THE "STEPPING STONE" THEORY A. Growth in CLEC Lines B. Cable Telephony: The Dog . . .

Editor's note.
Greetings! Welcome to Volume 59 of the Federal Communications Law Journal, the nation's premier journal in communications law and the official law journal of the Federal Communications Bar . . .

Responses by the Federal Communications Commission to WorldCom's accounting fraud.(Telecommunications Act of 1996: Ten Years Lat
WorldCom's disclosure of billions of dollars of financial fraud on June 25, 2002 challenged the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") in several major ways. The FCC proclaimed its commitment to . . .

Section 202(h) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996: beware of intended consequences. (Telecommunications Act of 1996: Ten Year
I. INTRODUCTION II. JUDICIAL CONSTRUCTION OF SECTION 202(h) III. CONCLUSION I. INTRODUCTION This is a story about a reasonably obscure provision of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 ("I 996 . . .

Swallows, sausages, and the 1996 Act.(Telecommunications Act of 1996: Ten Years Later Symposium)
In an annual ritual that rivals the swallows' return to Capistrano in regularity, if not longevity, February in Washington is heralded by a flock of commentary on why the Telecommunications Act . . .

The failure of competition under the 1996 Telecommunications Act.(Telecommunications Act of 1996: Ten Years Later Symposium)
I. INTRODUCTION II. BY THE NUMBERS: FEEBLE COMPETITION III. THE FUTURE IV. CONCLUSION I. INTRODUCTION The Telecommunications Act of 1996 ("1996 Act") replaced the regulatory framework of . . .

Private eyes are watching you: with the implementation of the E-911 mandate, who will watch every move you make?(Telecommunicati
The FCC's E-911 mandate, which will ensure that emergency operators automatically receive a caller's location information, should help save lives. However, privacy advocates have expressed concern . . .

Transformation: the 1996 Act reshapes radio.(Telecommunications Act of 1996: Ten Years Later Symposium)
I. INTRODUCTION II. LICENSE RENEWALS III. LOCAL OWNERSHIP IV. NATIONAL OWNERSHIP V. IMPACT AND OUTLOOK I. INTRODUCTION While the Telecommunications Act of 1996 ("1996 Act") focused largely . . .

The 1996 Telecommunications Act.(Telecommunications Act of 1996: Ten Years Later Symposium)
I. INTRODUCTION II. THE 1996 ACT: A NEW HOPE III. REFORM BUT WITH CAUTION IV. CONCLUSION I. INTRODUCTION Without a doubt, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 ("1996 Act") has been a triumph . . .

The law of unintended consequences. (Telecommunications Act of 1996: Ten Years Later Symposium)
Whether intentional or not, the 1996 Telecommunications Act ("1996 Act") was transitional legislation, focused largely on the constituencies that battled before Congress at the time of its passage, . . .

A public interest perspective on the impact of the broadcasting provisions of the 1996 Act.(Telecommunications Act of 1996: Ten
I. INTRODUCTION II. SECTION 201: BROADCAST SPECTRUM FLEXIBILITY III. SECTION 202: BROADCAST OWNERSHIP IV. LICENSE RENEWAL PROVISIONS V. CONCLUSION I. INTRODUCTION The broadcasting . . .

Broadcast technology as diversity opportunity: exchanging market power for multiplexed signal set-asides.
I. INTRODUCTION: PUBLIC ACCESS IN EXCHANGE FOR MARKET POWER: TWO APPROACHES BASED ON QUID PRO QUO II. IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEMS: LACK OF ACCESS, LACK OF DIVERSITY A. The Current . . .

'Wi-Fi'ght them when you can join them? How the Philadelphia compromise may have saved municipally-owned telecommunications serv
When the Mayor of Philadelphia announced his plan to provide municipally sponsored Wi-Fi Internet access, Verizon, the incumbent telecommunications service provider organized lobbyists to block . . .

Are you better off today than you were ten years ago? Residential consumers and telecommunications reform.(Telecommunications Ac
I. INTRODUCTION II. BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT III. CONSUMER PROTECTION IV. ACCESSIBILITY V. CONCLUSION I. INTRODUCTION Five years ago I asked this question about the Telecommunications Act of . . .

Politics and telecommunications. (Telecommunications Act of 1996: Ten Years Later Symposium)
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 ("1996 Act") has frequently been cited as landmark legislation. In fact in Tom Friedman's bestselling book, The World Is Flat, cites the 1996 Act as the basis for . . .

No sight like hindsight: the 1996 Act and the view ten years later.(Telecommunications Act of 1996: Ten Years Later Symposium)
I. INTRODUCTION II. THE 1996 ACT: TRULY LANDMARK LEGISLATION III. CONGRESS LOOKED BACK AND THOUGHT AHEAD IV. WHAT WE CAN SEE IN HINDSIGHT: PITFALLS ON THE COMPETITIVE ROAD V. WHERE TO . . .

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