...its purpose to be "... to make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States a rapid, efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire...service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges. ..." The telephone system was to be managed privately as a common carrier that could not arbitrarily...

..."Communications Act"), is to "make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States ... a rapid, efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire...communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges."4 Section 1 of the Communications Act does not exempt persons living in apartments, condominiums...

...expressed its intention to make available, so far as possible, to all people of the United States ... a rapid, efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service with adequate faculties at reasonable charges. ..." In response to that mandate, the states and the FCC developed...

...United States, without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, a rapid, efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire...charges, for the purpose of the national defense, for the purpose of promoting safety of life and property through the use of wire and radio communication,...

...wire and radio so as to make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States a rapid, efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire...service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges . . . there is created a commission to be known as the 'Federal Communications Commission'" (Brenner...

...expressed its intention to make available, so far as possible, to all people of the United States ... a rapid, efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire...service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges. . . ." In response to that mandate, the states and the FCC developed a system of pricing and cost recovery...

...www.internet.com [August 8, 1999]. "Make available, so far as possible, to all people of the United States a rapid, efficient, nation-wide, and world-wide wire...service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges" — requires a distinct public policy, that is, a subsidy for the Internet. The Cost of Internet Services...

...years, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been ensuring that the American people have a "rapid, efficient, Nation-wide and worldwide wire...service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges." American families who collectively spend billions of dollars on communications services have a huge...

...not use the phrase "universal service," but instead, respectively, establish the goal of providing "a rapid, efficient. Nation-wide, and world-wide wire...service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges," and authorize the Commission to "perform any and all acts, make such rules and regulations, and issue...

...basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex," should have, "so far as possible" access to a "rapid, efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire...communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges."2 This is certainly a worthy social goal. At 1 In fact, former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt admits...