some questions to consider do we need regulation? does history matter? why is one-stop shopping...
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Some questions to consider
• Do we need regulation?
• Does history matter?
• Why is one-stop shopping important?
• Why didn’t the U.S. Telecom Act of 1996 work?
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Boundaries
• Type– Jurisdictional– Regulatory category– Service– Technology
• Set by– Law– Regulator– Courts
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Classification of Services
All Services
Common Carrier Broadcast Information Services
Regulated by FCC and State Commissions
Regulated by FCC Not regulated--yet
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Common Carrier Services
Common Carrier Services
Wireline Wireless
FCC andState Commissions
FCC States????
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Wireline Services
Wireline Services
Interstate--FCC State
localState
LDState
AccessInterstate and International
LD Interstate Access
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Boundaries
International long distance
Interstate long distance
State long distance
Local service
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The Players
• Regulators
• Service providers– Wireline providers– Wireless providers– Cable providers
• Customers– Residential, small business, large business,
carriers
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The Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs)
• RBOCs– NYNEX– Bell Atlantic Bell Atlantic + GTE = Verizon (+MCI)= Verizon– Pacific Telesis– Southwestern Bell +SNET = SBC +AT&T = AT&T– Ameritech– Bell South– U.S. West = Qwest
• Independents– Alltel– Sprint United– Century– Chillicothe– +1300 more
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Regional Bell Companies
Now AT&T
Now AT&T
Now AT&T
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Company Access Lines Annual RevAmeritech (SBC) 4,100,000 $2.487 BVerizon 924,000 $517.5 MCBT 838,000 $484 MSprint 650,000 $328 MWestern Res 202,000 $71 MAlltel 147,000 $53 MCenturyTel 83,000 $60 MChillicothe 37,000 $41 MChampaign 12,500 $7.2 MTelephone Service 11,000 $3.5 M
10 largest ILECs in Ohio
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Who provides what?
• In 1950 (all one monopoly)– International and Interstate Long Distance: AT&T Long Lines– Local: AT&T Local Operating Companies and Independents– State Long Distance: AT&T Local Operating Companies and
Independents
• After 1984 (Local companies and Long distance companies)– International and Interstate Long Distance: The New AT&T, MCI,
Sprint, plus other Long distance companies– Local: RBOCs and Independents– State Long Distance: RBOCs and Independents, and some long
distance companies
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• After 1996 (competition everywhere)– International and Interstate Long Distance:
AT&T, MCI, Sprint, other long distance companies, RBOCs
– Local: RBOCs, Independents, competitive providers (CLECs)
– State Long Distance: RBOCs, Independents, CLECs, AT&T, MCI, Sprint, other long distance companies
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• Wireless providers– Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint (Nextel)
• Internet access– Cable modem services—cable television
companies– DSL—Local telephone companies and
competitive providers (CLECs)
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Lots of mergers
• Mergers:– Wireless
• Cingular and AT&T Wireless• Sprint and Nextel
– Wireline• SBC and AT&T and Bell South• Verizon and MCI
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Industry Consolidation
• Biggest local telephone companies (172M):– Verizon and AT&T
• Biggest wireless providers (217M)– Verizon and AT&T
• Biggest long distance providers– AT&T (owned by former SBC)– MCI (owned by Verizon)– Sprint (which is also a local telephone company and
one of the biggest wireless providers)
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And . . . .
• What about cable??????
• What about content/entertainment?????
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Bundling of services
• Cable companies– Cable tv– Digital phone– Wireless????
• Telephone companies– Wireline telephone services– Wireless– IPTV????