TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT FEBRUARY 1996 TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT U.S GOV'T LEGISLATIVE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY IN FEBRUARY 1996 CONGRESS PASSED THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT CONGRESS WANTED TO CREATE ONE LARGE MARKET FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES WITH EVENLY MATCHED COMPETITORS ONE GOAL OF THE ACT WAS TO BREAK UP LOCAL TELEPHONE AND CABLE COMPANIES ANOTHER WAS TO EXPAND COMPETITION IN LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE SERVICE THE ACT ENCOURAGED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY AND DECREASED GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF ALL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES THE 1996 ACT UPDATED THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934 WHICH WAS OUT OF DATE FOR NEW DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS IN TELEPHONE VIDEO AND DATA SERVICES
