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Bush Administration Won't Appeal Telecommunications Rules.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, June, 2004
By Vikas Bajaj, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jun. 10--In a big victory for the nation's four local-phone giants, the Bush administration said Wednesday that it won't ask the Supreme Court to restore requirements that the companies rent their equipment and lines to rivals at discounted rates.
The move was a severe blow to state regulators and companies such as AT&T Corp. and MCI Inc. that buy wholesale capacity from the Baby Bell companies in order to resell service to almost 19 million consumers.
After months of wrangling within the administration over the issue, Solicitor General Ted Olson, the Federal Communications Commission and the Commerce Department agreed not to pursue a challenge to the March...
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