In response to an SBC petition the US District Court for the Northern Texas
found section 271-75 of the Telecommunications Reform Act of 1996
unconstitutional in its baring of Bell companies from providing long
distance service, electronic publishing and equipment manufacturing.
Judge Joe Kendell state the Act singled out for "punishment" SBC and other
baby Bells. The 14 point 271 checklist was described as "extremely onerous"
by the jurist. He wrote that these provisions of the act "strip the {Bells}
of their ability to enter new markets and tie their hands while their
competitors such as GTE, AT&T and MCI take their punches."
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