Alaska Statutes 42.05.800 – Findings

The legislature finds that

(1) modern, affordable, efficient, and universally available local and long distance telephone service is essential to the people of the state;

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 42.05.800

state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060

(2) facilities based, long distance telephone service should be provided competitively wherever possible;

(3) technological advances, reduced costs, and increased consumer choices for long distance telephone service, resulting from the adoption of an appropriate competitive market structure, will enhance the state’s economic development;

(4) the benefits of competition in long distance telephone service should be shared by consumers throughout the state;

(5) the commission should oversee competition in long distance telephone service to ensure that the competition is fair to consumers and competitors;

(6) the commission should provide for competition in a timely manner and should adopt regulations that eliminate inappropriate impediments to entry for long distance carriers fit, willing, and able to provide service.

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