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Title: TELRIC vs. Universal Service: A Takings Violation?(Total Element Long-Run Incremental Cost)
Author : Federal Communications Law Journal
Release Date : January 01, 2003
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 393 KB

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I. INTRODUCTION By longstanding tradition, local phone companies are required to sell their services to customers at roughly comparable prices. (1) This so-called "universal service" obligation is intended to ensure that people who live in rural and residential areas (which are expensive to serve) can buy phone service on terms similar to those offered to urban or business customers (which are cheaper to serve). (2) Under universal service obligations, then, retail pricing is typically averaged across a variety of customers or geographic areas.