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 | | One of the goals of Section 276 is the deployment of payphones to benefit the "public health, safety and welfare." The competitive marketplace, however, will not always lead to an adequate supply of payphones in areas where they are not economically viable. |
 | | Section 276, however, significantly alters the regulatory landscape by requiring that LEC provision of payphone service be on par with independent PSP provision of service. |
 | | When we adopted a compensation mechanism for interstate access code calls, the Commission concluded that, because they did not involve use of a "carrier-specific access code" and were routed directly to an end user, subscriber 800 calls were not within the class of calls for which TOCSIA directed the Commission to consider compensation. |
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