Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.money From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: TELECOMMUNICATIONS Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 06:18:51 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: TELECOMMUNICATIONS Publication Date: Thursday November 12, 1992 BYLINE: Phone Companies Appeal New Federal Regulations: Pacific Bell and three other companies charged that new Federal Communications Commission orders requiring them to share their central facilities with rival phone service providers represented an "unlawful taking of private property and an arbitrary and unnecessary regulatory intrusion." The FCC in September ordered local phone companies, which have traditionally enjoyed a monopoly franchise, to allow competitors direct access to their central switchboard offices. Competitors to the local phone companies are attempting to attract high-volume business customers with their alternative service. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM