Alaska Statutes: AS 42.05.810. Competition.

Alaska Statutes. Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers Chapter 5. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act Section 810. Competition.

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AS 42.05.810. Competition.

(a) By February 14, 1991, the commission shall adopt regulations that authorize and establish conditions governing competition in long distance telephone service.
(b) Beginning February 15, 1991, the commission shall accept applications to provide competitive long distance telephone service and shall approve or reject applications within 90 days after the filing of a complete application. The commission shall approve an application upon a finding that the applicant is fit, willing, and able. The authority granted to a fit, willing, and able applicant shall include the authority to provide intrastate long distance telephone service using any facilities that the applicant owned and operated on May 1, 1990, to provide interstate long distance message telephone service to the public.
(c) Except as provided in (b) of this section, the commission may prohibit installation of facilities for origination or termination of long distance service in a given location only if it determines that installation of the facilities in that location is not in the public interest.

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This version of the Alaska Statutes is current through December, 2004. The Alaska Statutes were automatically converted to HTML from a plain text format. Every effort has been made to ensure their accuracy, but this can not be guaranteed. If it is critical that the precise terms of the Alaska Statutes be known, it is recommended that more formal sources be consulted. For statutes adopted after the effective date of these statutes, see, Alaska State Legislature If any errors are found, please e-mail Touch N' Go systems at E-mail. We hope you find this information useful.