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Achieving Competition in the Local Loop

Achieving Competition in the Local Loop: The Case for Structural Separation by Rick Casey A non-technical paper submitted to the 1999 Student Paper Competition sponsored by the International Communications Association in the topic category Status of Public Policy January 26, 1999     Table of Contents Executive Summary Section 1: Introduction Section 2: U.S. Telecommunications Policy and the Local Loop Section 2.1 Events Prior to the 96 Act Section 2.2 The Telecommunications Act of 1996 Section 2.2.1 The Components of Local Competition Section 3: Current State of Local Competition Section 3.1 Market Trends Section 3.1.1 Anecdotal Evidence Section 3.1.2 Evidence from the FCC 2nd Survey Section 3.1.3 New products and services from CLECs Section 3.2 Policy Trends Section 3.2.1 Trends among the ILECs Section 3.2.2 Trends among State PUCs Section 4: The Case for Structural Sep

Should Wolves Be in National Parks?

Ok, first question: have wolves killed people? Answer: barely. The evidence I found tonight on the web is this: prior to 1900, when wolves were much more numerous, there is ZERO recorded deaths. Since then, there was ONE recorded incident of human death from wolves in 2005. Here is where I found this information: http://www.conservationnw.org/pressroom/press-clips/wolves-and-humans-what-the-experts-say