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Information
Infrastructure
Task For
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
[Docket No. 940955-4255]
Inquiry on Universal Service and Open Access Issues
AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA),
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Inquiry; Request for Comments
SUMMARY: NTIA is conducting a comprehensive review of
universal service and open access issues in communications.
NTIA requests public comment relevant to such a review.
After analyzing the comments, NTIA may issue a report, a
series of short analyses, and/or make recommendations to the
Administrations Information Infrastructure Task Force, the
Federal Communications Commission, and to Congress.
DATES: The public should file comments on or before
December 14, 1994 to receive full consideration.
ADDRESS: Please send comments (seven copies plus one copy
on diskette, preferably WordPerfect or DOS compatible) to
the Office of Policy Analysis and Development, NTIA, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th St. and Constitution Ave.,
N.W., Room 4725, Washington, D.C. 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James McConnaughey or
Cynthia Nila, Office of Policy Analysis and Development,
(202) 482-1880,
AUTHORITY: National Telecommunications and Information
Administration Organization Act of 1992, Public Law 102-538,
106 Stat. 3533 (1992) (codified at 47 U.S.C. 901 et seq.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. INTRODUCTION1 1. The United States has a
long-standing commitment to the achievement of universal
service -- widespread availability of basic telephone
service at affordable rates. First articulated in the early
twentieth century,2 universal service has since been adopted
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