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Title: How did the Telecommunications Act of 1996 impact the telephone industry in the United States? ...
Post by: Slimpickens77 on Jan 17, 2018
How did the Telecommunications Act of 1996 impact the telephone industry in the United States?
 
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Title: How did the Telecommunications Act of 1996 impact the telephone industry in the United States? ...
Post by: jompau on Jan 17, 2018
ANSWER:
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 accelerated horizontal integration by triggering a great number of mergers between infrastructure companies as they tried to develop a one-stop shop for phone service, cable television, and the Internet. It also expanded consumer options in some markets.