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Selected Information on Bypass of Local Telephone Companies

RCED-86-100 Published: Feb 14, 1986. Publicly Released: Feb 14, 1986.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on residential and business customers' bypass of local telephone company services, focusing on: (1) two Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reports on bypass; (2) two nationwide bypass simulation studies; and (3) FCC and state bypass monitoring activities.

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