On this day in 1992: FCC votes to allow competition for local phone service

Start:	Sep 16, '09
Location:	Washington, DC

The Federal Communications Commission voted today to expand competition in local telephone service by permitting smaller communications companies to sharply expand their use of the networks operated by the regional Bell companies and other local phone carriers.

The action is the first step toward a day when businesses and consumers will be able to choose the company that provides them local telephone service, just as they now can decide which company provides long-distance service. For residential customers, however, such competition may lie well into the future, analysts say.

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