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What did the Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act of 1996 do?
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It eliminated monopolies in Cable Television and telephone companies, opening fields traditionally regulated as public utilities to competition
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What is the purpose of competition?
To act as a regulating force in the marketplace
What is in 1980 the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act loosened many governmental controls including the elimination of interest-rate?
ceilings on savings and time deposits.
What piece of legislation outlawed unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts and practices?
Federal Trade Commission Act
How did government try to control big businesses?
the sherman antitrust act (1890) was supposed to stop businesses from using trust to destroy competition.
What type of economic function fits the description in 1890 the sherman antitrust act was passed which made it illegal for business firms to combine to prevent competition?
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What law introduced the v-chip?
The Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act of 1996 contianed provisions for the v-chip
What Regulates obscenity in telecommunications?
The Telecomunication Act of 1996 regulates obscenities. However, in interpersonal communication, obscenity is fine and not governed under the act.
Why was the Airline Deregulation Act created?
To increase competition, enhance passenger service, and reduce commercial airline fares.
What did Telecommunications act do?
The telecommunications act opened the doors for a new economic movement. It allowed companies to enter the telecommunications market and compete which allowed for new companies and technologies to emerge in the name of competition. Before, the market was monopolized by The Bell Companies/AT&T.
A federal court struck down key parts of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 because?
violated first ammendment
When was the Telecommunications Equipment Research and Manufacturing Act passed?
The Telecommunications Equipment Research and Manufacturing Act was passed in 1991
What is DIDMCA?
It stands for the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act
What were some of the industries that were deregulated in the last half of the 20th century?
including the airlines (Airline Deregulation Act of 1978), natural gas (Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978), trucking (Motor Carrier Act of 1980), and banking (Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980).
How does the Americans with Disabilities Act affect telecommunications?
Telecommunications. Telecommunication companies must have a telephone relay service for individuals who use telecommunications devices for the deaf (TTYs) or similar devices.
How did the Electricity Deregulation and Blackout Prevention Act Initiative of 2004 restore the concept of customer service by the utility companies?
by eliminating deregulation legislation that had been passed in 2001. That deregulation resulted in the 2001 energy crisis and left many Californians without electric service
What president started deregulation and in what year.?
The Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980, signed into law by President Jimmy Carter, was the first major reform of the U.S. banking system since the Great Depression.
This legislation phased out Regulation Q ceilings on deposit interest rates?
The Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act ( DIDMCA) of 1980.
