Regulation In The Modern Telecommunications Market: A Pioneers Perspective

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Regulation In The Modern Telecommunications
MarketA Pioneers Perspective

• Mid-America Regulatory Conference 2008

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Leading the way on facilities-basedtelecom
competition since 1996.

• Family-Owned
• Thoughtful
• Visionary

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Reasonably balancing business interests
withcorporate and social responsibility.

• Customer Service
• Community Partnership
• Investment

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Partnering with state and federal regulatorsto
achieve the dreams of the Telco Act.

• From our first steps
• To our current success
• And the future.

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Informing the debate toward a futureregulatory
framework for telecom.

• Necessary
• Wholesale
• Sufficient
• Retail
• Balanced
• Technology-neutral
• Focused
• Responsive