Since 1997, the U.S. government has attempted to use the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement on telecommunications … services as a vehicle for exporting American principles of telecommunications regulation to other nations. The United States … took the position in 1997 that the WTO telecommunications agreement requires its signatory nations to follow the practices …

. Network access pricing continues to be regulated in such industries as telecommunications, railroads, electric power and …

within the setting of fixed telecommunications markets. From an economist's perspective, the key question that underlies the …

universal access to telecommunications services is at the core of American telecommunications law and policy, the U.S. has … characteristics. Part III contends that a trio of recent Supreme Court cases construing the Telecommunications Act of 1996 achieved a … Cable & Telecommunications Ass'n v. Brand X Internet Services, 125 S. Ct. 2688 (2005) - reveals that they have empowered the …

Internet access service is not a telecommunications service, subject to numerous regulations applicable to ILECs, but rather an …