United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-11-29 monographic deposited born digital 82 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-80 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-80 P0b002ee180398203 f:d0780 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-80 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-80 GAO-07-80 Competition Contracts Cost analysis Data collection Price regulation Prices and pricing Regulatory agencies Strategic planning Telecommunications Telecommunications industry Price controls Other Written Product A63770 Government agencies and businesses that require significant capacity to meet voice and data needs depend on dedicated access services. This segment of the telecommunications market generated about $16 billion in revenues for the major incumbent telecommunications firms in 2005. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has historically regulated dedicated access prices. With the Telecommunications Act of 1996, FCC reformed its rules to rely on competition to bring about cost-based pricing. Starting in 2001, FCC granted pricing flexibility on the basis of a proxy measure of competition. GAO examined (1) the extent that alternatives are available in areas where FCC granted pricing flexibility, (2) how prices have changed since the granting of pricing flexibility, and the effect on government agencies, and (3) how FCC monitors competition. GAO's work included analyzing data on competitive alternatives, list prices, and average revenue, and interviewing FCC officials and industry representatives. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-80/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-80.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-80/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-80.pdf GAO-07-80 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-80 Other Written Product GAO-07-80; Telecommunications: FCC Needs to Improve Its Ability to Monitor and Determine the Extent of Competition in Dedicated Access Services; Competition Contracts Cost analysis Data collection Price regulation Prices and pricing Regulatory agencies Strategic planning Telecommunications Telecommunications industry Price controls Volume 110 Page 56 110 Stat. 56 Public Law 104-104 Public Law 107-198