From: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 22:38:09 +0800
To: cypherpunks@ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Subject: Long-distance limits on Bells unconstitutional [CNN]
Message-ID: <199801011456.IAA11379@einstein.ssz.com>
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>    Federal judge says long-distance
>    restrictions on Bells unconstitutional
>    
>    December 31, 1997: 7:02 p.m. ET
>    
>    SBC Communications
>    More related sites... WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge Wednesday
>    threw out as unconstitutional provisions of a landmark federal law
>    that restrict the regional Baby Bells from entering the $80 billion
>    long-distance telephone market, SBC Communications Inc. said.
>    [INLINE] San Antonio-based SBC said U.S. District Judge Joe Kendall
>    sided with the carrier, which had charged that the Telecommunications
>    Act of 1996 was unconstitutional because it discriminated against SBC
>    and the other four Baby Bells.
>    [INLINE] The New Year's Eve ruling is expected to send shock waves
>    through the telecom industry and throw into further disarray the
>    Federal Communications Commission's efforts to break open the $100
>    billion local phone market controlled by the Bells.

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