...its creation in 1934 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been tasked with "...mak[ing] available, so far as possible, to all the people of...communications service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges..."22 This mandate led to the development of what has come to be known as the universal service...

...Section 151 of the Communications Act of 1934, "to make available ... to all 72 Sorting Out Deregulation the people of the United States a rapid, efficient, nation-wide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges." This notion has evolved with...

...as in 1934. The principal purpose of the United States Communications Act of 1934, as amended, is: To make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States, without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, a rapid,...

..."regulating interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio so as to make available, as far as possible, to all the people of the United States...efficient nation-wide and world-wide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges"544. Durch die Regulierung des...

...was charged with "regulating interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio so as to make available. so far as possible. to all the people of the US. a rapid. efficient nationwide and worldwide wire and radio communication service with adequate...

...<>1 1934 sets forth the nation's telecommunications policy, including making communication services available "so far as possible, to all the people of the United States." Early efforts by FCC, state regulators, and industry to promote universal service generally...

...the purpose of regulating interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio so as to make available, so far as possible, to all the...efficient, nationwide, and worldwide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges." As a result of this principle,...

...communication. In 1934, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was created; its purpose, as amended, is "to make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States, without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, a rapid,...

...worldwide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges" would be "available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States." In the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Congress expanded this principle to specifically include...

...industry. It remained the 1934 Communications Act, which stated its goal in the preamble as “. . .to make available, so far as possible, to all the...service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges, The term ‘efficient' in the above clause had been the basis of FCC procompetitive policies for years,...