2006 Minnesota Statutes
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237.011 TELECOMMUNICATIONS GOALS.
The following are state goals that should be considered as the commission executes its
regulatory duties with respect to telecommunication services:
(1) supporting universal service;
(2) maintaining just and reasonable rates;
(3) encouraging economically efficient deployment of infrastructure for higher speed
telecommunication services and greater capacity for voice, video, and data transmission;
(4) encouraging fair and reasonable competition for local exchange telephone service in
a competitively neutral regulatory manner;
(5) maintaining or improving quality of service;
(6) promoting customer choice;
(7) ensuring consumer protections are maintained in the transition to a competitive market
for local telecommunications service; and
(8) encouraging voluntary resolution of issues between and among competing providers
and discouraging litigation.
History: 1997 c 223 s 2
The following are state goals that should be considered as the commission executes its
regulatory duties with respect to telecommunication services:
(1) supporting universal service;
(2) maintaining just and reasonable rates;
(3) encouraging economically efficient deployment of infrastructure for higher speed
telecommunication services and greater capacity for voice, video, and data transmission;
(4) encouraging fair and reasonable competition for local exchange telephone service in
a competitively neutral regulatory manner;
(5) maintaining or improving quality of service;
(6) promoting customer choice;
(7) ensuring consumer protections are maintained in the transition to a competitive market
for local telecommunications service; and
(8) encouraging voluntary resolution of issues between and among competing providers
and discouraging litigation.
History: 1997 c 223 s 2
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