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Recently, I've been entertaining the idea of getting into a little Java programming for a side project I'm working on, and I realized that I really don't know where to start. This led to a larger question of what the best books and websites are for pepole new to a language. What about for the experts in a language? So this week, I was wondering what slashdotters thought are the best websites to go to for information on the major languages (like C, C++, PHP, Perl, etc) and the important topics in programming (x, gtk, win32, etc). I obviously have some opinions on some of the better places to visit, but I wanted to see what slashdotters thought. (hence the paucity of links in this story) Where do people find the authorities? My intention is to ask about web sites this weekend, and books next weekend.
Version 1.1.8 (last updated 19th July 2002 by Anonymous Coward)
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Sign this petition, let your voice be heard!
Slashdot is using censorship! It is trying to eridicate free and open discussion like we know slashdot to be, it has the following RESTRICTIONS in place to Censor you
They claim they don't, but they do, wonder why their are so many trolls, crapflooders and lamers on slashdot, because they are fighting for their rights! Slashdot is trying to silence the trolls. Remove the filters, the trolls get bored, and slashdot will be troll free!
- Lameness filters (It blocks a lot of legitmate posts)
- Unnessary posting delays. Hasnt taco learned to touch type? A lot of posts are typed in less than 20 seconds and it is a ANNOYING DELAY! 2 minute ban? Come on, so some are faster then others, big deal, some people have more to say than others
- Broken moderation system, The whole point is to sort the gems from the crap, yet a lot of posts designed to make a LIVELY DISCUSSION are MODERATED as flamebait! Come on, not everyone likes X, but just because some one bashes it dosent mean its Flamebait. Flame bait is more useful for DIRECT INSULTS and not legitmate discussions.
The "troll" moderation reason is fragmented and broken, why? Because they are trying to use an obsolete usenet term on a realtime discussion, "trolls" can cover a huge blanket of ideas.- Crapfloods, a meaningless flood of random letters or text, which the lameness filter does a crappy job at trying to stop, besides trolls have written tools using the opensource slashcode to generate crapfloods which bypass the filter
- Links to offensive websites, the most common one is known a http://www.goatse.cx, a awful site which shows a bleeding anus being stretched on the front page. Trolls sneak these links in by posting messages that look legitimate, but infact are sneaky redirects to the site. Common examples include rd.yahoo.com, www.linux-kernel.tk, goatsex.cjb.net, and googles "Im feeling lucky".
- Trying to break slashdot, this is actually a good thing, as it helps test slashdot for bugs. Famous examples include the goatse.cx javascript pop-up, the pagewidening post and the browser crashing post!
Subnet banning, this bans a user unless they email jamie macarthy with their mp5ed ipids. This is unfair, and banning a subnet BLOCKS A WHOLE ISP SOMETIMES, and not that individual user! This can cause chaos! But real trolls use annoymous proxys to get around this so THIS JUST BANS LEGITMATE USERS! Also, they are trying to censor some anoymous proxies, mainly from countrys like africa, so this yet more DISCRIMINATION!But, the issue that concerens us the most, is the COMMENT QUOTA. A discrimatory system that stiffles discussion, cripples the community and will ultimateley destroy slashdot unless it is removed! Annoymous cowards are allowed only 10 posts a day! This is unethical! Users with negative karma only get two! That is DISCRIMINATION! How would you like to only be able to speak once a day, just because of the color of your skin. That would be racism, and slashdot is discrimitating on people just because of a negative number in a database! BOYCOTT SLASHDOT! LET THEM DIE!
We wan't these stupid useless restrictions REMOVED! This comment will be posted again and again until it does!
Inportant imformation for users
Boycott slashdot, they are pissing over their community, they are becoming like the RIAA and MICROSOFT! Do NOT TOLERATE THIS SHIT! Here are some real news for nerds sites. We don't need slashdot, slashdot deserves to die!
MSNBC
BBC NEWS
News.com
Linux online
Linux daily news network [linuxdailynews.net]
Weird news from dailyrotten.com
Trollaxor, news for trolls, they are real people too!
CNN.com
New york times (free registration required)
LINUX.com
News forge
K5
Mandrake forum
Toms hardware
The register
Kde dot news
The linux kernel Archives
Adequecy
There are hundreds more, But this is where slashdot STEALS THE MAJORITY OF its "news" from.
Punish them, here are their emails, spam them, flame them goatse them!
Rob malda
Jamie Macarthy
ChrisD
Hemos
Micheal
Pudge
The others ones apperantly dont have an e-mail, probably because ROB MALDA IS PRETENDING HE IS JOHN KATZ.
Thank you for reading this, please feel free to repost this information, please reply to add your comments, fight slashdot and its CENSORSHIP
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- posted by poopbot: for the crapflooder in all of us
EAQU1Sdv2P Post #311
i dont know about you guys, but i like a good ol geocities.com account... sure it has banners, but the name, gotta love that name,
- BlacKDetH@DalNet
I've been trollin' on slashdot so early,
I've been trollin' here since my momma was a baby,
Just because the site is homo
that don't mean you can't troll
Logged-in or AC
*Logged-in or AC*
You got to got to troll
*You got to got to troll*
Logged-in or AC
*Logged-in or AC*
You got to got to troll
*You got to got to troll*
All you ever need is to be dumb and crappy
*All you ever need is to be dumb and crappy*
All you ever need is to be dumb and crappy
*All you ever need is to be dumb and crappy*
Remember to get mod points the key is to suck up
Mod the bad ones down to keep the good ones from going up
I can sell a crappy linux box like this
*I will try to sell a crappy linux box like this*
I can sell a crappy linux box like this
*I will try to sell a crappy linux box like this*
I never dreamed it would be like this
Slashdot encourgaing trolling at number 0
The post over here is total junk
*The post over here is total junk*
CowboyNeal is one sick fuck
*CowboyNeal is one sick fuck*
Oh yes, trolling is a lot a lot of fun
I've had some yucks and now I'm on the run
Logged-in or AC
*Logged-in or AC*
You got to got to troll
*You got to got to troll*
Logged-in or AC
*Logged-in or AC*
You got to got to troll
*You got to got to troll*
haha let me tell you something I've never told before
I will try to troll everything, everything
*I will try to troll everything, everything*
You will try to troll everything, everything
*You will try to troll everything, everything*
Karma, karma, karma is nothign that you need
*Karma, karma, karma is nothign that you need*
Karma, karma, karma is nothign that you need
*Karma, karma, karma is nothign that you need*
Heh heh, Cmdr Taco will be very proud of you
Let me know if you ever troll another site
I will help you, or you will help me
*You got that right teacher, thanks alot!*
-Parappa the Troll
Cowboy neal is eating himself a man taco.
You can not stop us.
We have the AC.
Are you scared?
You cry now.
Death to Commander Taco.
Death to Cowboy Neal.
Goatse is great.
is this a cheap way of chrisd letting his friends rack up some "Informative" karma? :)
------
[insert funny
*bursts into applause*
That was a truly awe-inspiring troll. I am humbled.
The DOM between IE and Mozilla is almost exactly the same, the only major difference between them is the events model. Thankfully IE's event model can very easily be emulated in Mozilla, so this isn't even really an issue. Where did you get this idea that the DOMs are "completely different"? Assuming you have done any amount of work with them, I really fail to see how you could come up with this.
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six.
An Act
To promote competition and reduce regulation in order to secure
lower prices and higher quality services for American
telecommunications consumers and encourage the rapid deployment of
new telecommunications technologies.
[Italic->] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, [-Italic]
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.
(a) SHORT TITLE- This Act may be cited as the `Telecommunications
Act of 1996'.
(b) REFERENCES- Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever
in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the
reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other
provision of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.).
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; references.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
TITLE I--TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES
SUBTITLE A--TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
Sec. 101. Establishment of part II of title II.
`PART II--DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETITIVE MARKETS
Sec. 102. Eligible telecommunications carriers.
Sec. 103. Exempt telecommunications companies.
Sec. 104. Nondiscrimination principle.
SUBTITLE B--SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING BELL OPERATING COMPANIES
Sec. 151. Bell operating company provisions.
`PART III--SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING BELL OPERATING COMPANIES
TITLE II--BROADCAST SERVICES
Sec. 201. Broadcast spectrum flexibility.
Sec. 202. Broadcast ownership.
Sec. 203. Term of licenses.
Sec. 204. Broadcast license renewal procedures.
Sec. 205. Direct broadcast satellite service.
Sec. 206. Automated ship distress and safety systems.
Sec. 207. Restrictions on over-the-air reception devices.
TITLE III--CABLE SERVICES
Sec. 301. Cable Act reform.
Sec. 302. Cable service provided by telephone companies.
`PART V--VIDEO PROGRAMMING SERVICES PROVIDED BY TELEPHONE COMPANIES
Sec. 303. Preemption of franchising authority regulation of
telecommunications services.
Sec. 304. Competitive availability of navigation devices.
Sec. 305. Video programming accessibility.
TITLE IV--REGULATORY REFORM
Sec. 401. Regulatory forbearance.
Sec. 402. Biennial review of regulations; regulatory relief.
Sec. 403. Elimination of unnecessary Commission regulations and
functions.
TITLE V--OBSCENITY AND VIOLENCE
SUBTITLE A--OBSCENE, HARASSING, AND WRONGFUL UTILIZATION OF
TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. Obscene or harassing use of telecommunications facilities
under the Communications Act of 1934.
Sec. 503. Obscene programming on cable television.
Sec. 504. Scrambling of cable channels for nonsubscribers.
Sec. 505. Scrambling of sexually explicit adult video service
programming.
Sec. 506. Cable operator refusal to carry certain programs.
Sec. 507. Clarification of current laws regarding communication of
obscene materials through the use of computers.
Sec. 508. Coercion and enticement of minors.
Sec. 509. Online family empowerment.
SUBTITLE B--VIOLENCE
Sec. 551. Parental choice in television programming.
Sec. 552. Technology fund.
SUBTITLE C--JUDICIAL REVIEW
Sec. 561. Expedited review.
TITLE VI--EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS
Sec. 601. Applicability of consent decrees and other law.
Sec. 602. Preemption of local taxation with respect to
direct-to-home services.
TITLE VII--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 701. Prevention of unfair billing practices for information or
services provided over toll-free telephone calls.
Sec. 702. Privacy of customer information.
Sec. 703. Pole attachments.
Sec. 704. Facilities siting; radio frequency emission standards.
Sec. 705. Mobile services direct access to long distance carriers.
Sec. 706. Advanced telecommunications incentives.
Sec. 707. Telecommunications Development Fund.
Sec. 708. National Education Technology Funding Corporation.
Sec. 709. Report on the use of advanced telecommunications services
for medical purposes.
Sec. 710. Authorization of appropriations.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
(a) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS- Section 3 (47 U.S.C. 153) is amended--
(1) in subsection (r)--
(A) by inserting `(A)' after `means'; and
(B) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: `, or (B) comparable service provided through a
system of switches, transmission equipment, or other
facilities (or combination thereof) by which a subscriber
can originate and terminate a telecommunications service';
and
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following:
`(33) AFFILIATE- The term `affiliate' means a person that
(directly or indirectly) owns or controls, is owned or
controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with,
another person. For purposes of this paragraph, the term `own'
means to own an equity interest (or the equivalent thereof) of
more than 10 percent.
`(34) AT&T CONSENT DECREE- The term `AT&T Consent Decree'
means the order entered August 24, 1982, in the antitrust
action styled United States v. Western Electric, Civil Action
No. 82-0192, in the United States District Court for the
District of Columbia, and includes any judgment or order with
respect to such action entered on or after August 24, 1982.
`(35) BELL OPERATING COMPANY- The term `Bell operating
company'--
`(A) means any of the following companies: Bell Telephone
Company of Nevada, Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Indiana
Bell Telephone Company, Incorporated, Michigan Bell
Telephone Company, New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company, New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, New York
Telephone Company, U S West Communications Company, South
Central Bell Telephone Company, Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, The
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, The Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company, The Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company of Maryland, The Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company of Virginia, The Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company of West Virginia, The Diamond State
Telephone Company, The Ohio Bell Telephone Company, The
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, or Wisconsin
Telephone Company; and
`(B) includes any successor or assign of any such company
that provides wireline telephone exchange service; but
`(C) does not include an affiliate of any such company,
other than an affiliate described in subparagraph (A) or (B).
`(36) CABLE SERVICE- The term `cable service' has the meaning
given such term in section 602.
`(37) CABLE SYSTEM- The term `cable system' has the meaning
given such term in section 602.
`(38) CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT- The term `customer
premises equipment' means equipment employed on the premises of
a person (other than a carrier) to originate, route, or
terminate telecommunications.
`(39) DIALING PARITY- The term `dialing parity' means that a
person that is not an affiliate of a local exchange carrier is
able to provide telecommunications services in such a manner
that customers have the ability to route automatically, without
the use of any access code, their telecommunications to the
telecommunications services provider of the customer's
designation from among 2 or more telecommunications services
providers (including such local exchange carrier).
`(40) EXCHANGE ACCESS- The term `exchange access' means the
offering of access to telephone exchange services or facilities
for the purpose of the origination or termination of telephone
toll services.
`(41) INFORMATION SERVICE- The term `information service'
means the offering of a capability for generating, acquiring,
storing, transforming, processing, retrieving, utilizing, or
making available information via telecommunications, and
includes electronic publishing, but does not include any use of
any such capability for the management, control, or operation
of a telecommunications system or the management of a
telecommunications service.
`(42) INTERLATA SERVICE- The term `interLATA service' means
telecommunications between a point located in a local access
and transport area and a point located outside such area.
`(43) LOCAL ACCESS AND TRANSPORT AREA- The term `local access
and transport area' or `LATA' means a contiguous geographic
area--
`(A) established before the date of enactment of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 by a Bell operating company
such that no exchange area includes points within more than
1 metropolitan statistical area, consolidated metropolitan
statistical area, or State, except as expressly permitted
under the AT&T Consent Decree; or
`(B) established or modified by a Bell operating company
after such date of enactment and approved by the Commission.
`(44) LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIER- The term `local exchange
carrier' means any person that is engaged in the provision of
telephone exchange service or exchange access. Such term does
not include a person insofar as such person is engaged in the
provision of a commercial mobile service under section 332(c),
except to the extent that the Commission finds that such
service should be included in the definition of such term.
`(45) NETWORK ELEMENT- The term `network element' means a
facility or equipment used in the provision of a
telecommunications service. Such term also includes features,
functions, and capabilities that are provided by means of such
facility or equipment, including subscriber numbers, databases,
signaling systems, and information sufficient for billing and
collection or used in the transmission, routing, or other
provision of a telecommunications service.
`(46) NUMBER PORTABILITY- The term `number portability' means
the ability of users of telecommunications services to retain,
at the same location, existing telecommunications numbers
without impairment of quality, reliability, or convenience when
switching from one telecommunications carrier to another.
`(47) RURAL TELEPHONE COMPANY- The term `rural telephone
company' means a local exchange carrier operating entity to the
extent that such entity--
`(A) provides common carrier service to any local
exchange carrier study area that does not include either--
`(i) any incorporated place of 10,000 inhabitants or
more, or any part thereof, based on the most recently
available population statistics of the Bureau of the
Census; or
`(ii) any territory, incorporated or unincorporated,
included in an urbanized area, as defined by the Bureau
of the Census as of August 10, 1993;
`(B) provides telephone exchange service, including
exchange access, to fewer than 50,000 access lines;
`(C) provides telephone exchange service to any local
exchange carrier study area with fewer than 100,000 access
lines; or
`(D) has less than 15 percent of its access lines in
communities of more than 50,000 on the date of enactment of
the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
`(48) TELECOMMUNICATIONS- The term `telecommunications' means
the transmission, between or among points specified by the
user, of information of the user's choosing, without change in
the form or content of the information as sent and received.
`(49) TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER- The term
`telecommunications carrier' means any provider of
telecommunications services, except that such term does not
include aggregators of telecommunications services (as defined
in section 226). A telecommunications carrier shall be treated
as a common carrier under this Act only to the extent that it
is engaged in providing telecommunications services, except
that the Commission shall determine whether the provision of
fixed and mobile satellite service shall be treated as common
carriage.
`(50) TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT- The term
`telecommunications equipment' means equipment, other than
customer premises equipment, used by a carrier to provide
telecommunications services, and includes software integral to
such equipment (including upgrades).
`(51) TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE- The term
`telecommunications service' means the offering of
telecommunications for a fee directly to the public, or to such
classes of users as to be effectively available directly to the
public, regardless of the facilities used.'.
(b) COMMON TERMINOLOGY- Except as otherwise provided in this Act,
the terms used in this Act have the meanings provided in section 3
of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153), as amended by
this section.
(c) STYLISTIC CONSISTENCY- Section 3 (47 U.S.C. 153) is amended--
(1) in subsections (e) and (n), by redesignating clauses (1),
(2), and (3), as clauses (A), (B), and (C), respectively;
(2) in subsection (w), by redesignating paragraphs (1)
through (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively;
(3) in subsections (y) and (z), by redesignating paragraphs
(1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
(4) by redesignating subsections (a) through (ff) as
paragraphs (1) through (32);
(5) by indenting such paragraphs 2 em spaces;
(6) by inserting after the designation of each such paragraph--
(A) a heading, in a form consistent with the form of the
heading of this subsection, consisting of the term defined
by such paragraph, or the first term so defined if such
paragraph defines more than one term; and
(B) the words `The term';
(7) by changing the first letter of each defined term in such
paragraphs from a capital to a lower case letter (except for
`United States', `State', `State commission', and `Great Lakes
Agreement'); and
(8) by reordering such paragraphs and the additional
paragraphs added by subsection (a) in alphabetical order based
on the headings of such paragraphs and renumbering such
paragraphs as so reordered.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS- The Act is amended--
(1) in section 225(a)(1), by striking `section 3(h)' and
inserting `section 3';
(2) in section 332(d), by striking `section 3(n)' each place
it appears and inserting `section 3'; and
(3) in sections 621(d)(3), 636(d), and 637(a)(2), by striking
`section 3(v)' and inserting `section 3'.
TITLE I--TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES
SUBTITLE A--TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF PART II OF TITLE II.
(a) AMENDMENT- Title II is amended by inserting after section 229
(47 U.S.C. 229) the following new part:
`PART II--DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETITIVE MARKETS
`SEC. 251. INTERCONNECTION.
`(a) GENERAL DUTY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS- Each
telecommunications carrier has the duty--
`(1) to interconnect directly or indirectly with the
facilities and equipment of other telecommunications carriers;
and
`(2) not to install network features, functions, or
capabilities that do not comply with the guidelines and
standards established pursuant to section 255 or 256.
`(b) OBLIGATIONS OF ALL LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS- Each local
exchange carrier has the following duties:
`(1) RESALE- The duty not to prohibit, and not to impose
unreasonable or discriminatory conditions or limitations on,
the resale of its telecommunications services.
`(2) NUMBER PORTABILITY- The duty to provide, to the extent
technically feasible, number portability in accordance with
requirements prescribed by the Commission.
`(3) DIALING PARITY- The duty to provide dialing parity to
competing providers of telephone exchange service and telephone
toll service, and the duty to permit all such providers to have
nondiscriminatory access to telephone numbers, operator
services, directory assistance, and directory listing, with no
unreasonable dialing delays.
`(4) ACCESS TO RIGHTS-OF-WAY- The duty to afford access to
the poles, ducts, conduits, and rights-of-way of such carrier
to competing providers of telecommunications services on rates,
terms, and conditions that are consistent with section 224.
`(5) RECIPROCAL COMPENSATION- The duty to establish
reciprocal compensation arrangements for the transport and
termination of telecommunications.
`(c) ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS OF INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS-
In addition to the duties contained in subsection (b), each
incumbent local exchange carrier has the following duties:
`(1) DUTY TO NEGOTIATE- The duty to negotiate in good faith
in accordance with section 252 the particular terms and
conditions of agreements to fulfill the duties described in
paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (b) and this
subsection. The requesting telecommunications carrier also has
the duty to negotiate in good faith the terms and conditions of
such agreements.
`(2) INTERCONNECTION- The duty to provide, for the facilities
and equipment of any requesting telecommunications carrier,
interconnection with the local exchange carrier's network--
`(A) for the transmission and routing of telephone
exchange service and exchange access;
`(B) at any technically feasible point within the
carrier's network;
`(C) that is at least equal in quality to that provided
by the local exchange carrier to itself or to any
subsidiary, affiliate, or any other party to which the
carrier provides interconnection; and
`(D) on rates, terms, and conditions that are just,
reasonable, and nondiscriminatory, in accordance with the
terms and conditions of the agreement and the requirements
of this section and section 252.
`(3) UNBUNDLED ACCESS- The duty to provide, to any requesting
telecommunications carrier for the provision of a
telecommunications service, nondiscriminatory access to network
elements on an unbundled basis at any technically feasible
point on rates, terms, and conditions that are just,
reasonable, and nondiscriminatory in accordance with the terms
and conditions of the agreement and the requirements of this
section and section 252. An incumbent local exchange carrier
shall provide such unbundled network elements in a manner that
allows requesting carriers to combine such elements in order to
provide such telecommunications service.
`(4) RESALE- The duty--
`(A) to offer for resale at wholesale rates any
telecommunications service that the carrier provides at
retail to subscribers who are not telecommunications
carriers; and
`(B) not to prohibit, and not to impose unreasonable or
discriminatory conditions or limitations on, the resale of
such telecommunications service, except that a State
commission may, consistent with regulations prescribed by
the Commission under this section, prohibit a reseller that
obtains at wholesale rates a telecommunications service
that is available at retail only to a category of
subscribers from offering such service to a different
category of subscribers.
`(5) NOTICE OF CHANGES- The duty to provide reasonable public
notice of changes in the information necessary for the
transmission and routing of services using that local exchange
carrier's facilities or networks, as well as of any other
changes that would affect the interoperability of those
facilities and networks.
`(6) COLLOCATION- The duty to provide, on rates, terms, and
conditions that are just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory,
for physical collocation of equipment necessary for
interconnection or access to unbundled network elements at the
premises of the local exchange carrier, except that the carrier
may provide for virtual collocation if the local exchange
carrier demonstrates to the State commission that physical
collocation is not practical for technical reasons or because
of space limitations.
`(d) IMPLEMENTATION-
`(1) IN GENERAL- Within 6 months after the date of enactment
of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the Commission shall
complete all actions necessary to establish regulations to
implement the requirements of this section.
`(2) ACCESS STANDARDS- In determining what network elements
should be made available for purposes of subsection (c)(3), the
Commission shall consider, at a minimum, whether--
`(A) access to such network elements as are proprietary
in nature is necessary; and
`(B) the failure to provide access to such network
elements would impair the ability of the telecommunications
carrier seeking access to provide the services that it
seeks to offer.
`(3) PRESERVATION OF STATE ACCESS REGULATIONS- In prescribing
and enforcing regulations to implement the requirements of this
section, the Commission shall not preclude the enforcement of
any regulation, order, or policy of a State commission that--
`(A) establishes access and interconnection obligations
of local exchange carriers;
`(B) is consistent with the requirements of this section;
and
`(C) does not substantially prevent implementation of the
requirements of this section and the purposes of this part.
`(e) NUMBERING ADMINISTRATION-
`(1) COMMISSION AUTHORITY AND JURISDICTION- The Commission
shall create or designate one or more impartial entities to
administer telecommunications numbering and to make such
numbers available on an equitable basis. The Commission shall
have exclusive jurisdiction over those portions of the North
American Numbering Plan that pertain to the United States.
Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the Commission from
delegating to State commissions or other entities all or any
portion of such jurisdiction.
`(2) COSTS- The cost of establishing telecommunications
numbering administration arrangements and number portability
shall be borne by all telecommunications carriers on a
competitively neutral basis as determined by the Commission.
`(f) EXEMPTIONS, SUSPENSIONS, AND MODIFICATIONS-
`(1) EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN RURAL TELEPHONE COMPANIES-
`(A) EXEMPTION- Subsection (c) of this section shall not
apply to a rural telephone company until (i) such company
has received a bona fide request for interconnection,
services, or network elements, and (ii) the State
commission determines (under subparagraph (B)) that such
request is not unduly economically burdensome, is
technically feasible, and is consistent with section 254
(other than subsections (b)(7) and (c)(1)(D) thereof).
`(B) STATE TERMINATION OF EXEMPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION
SCHEDULE- The party making a bona fide request of a rural
telephone company for interconnection, services, or network
elements shall submit a notice of its request to the State
commission. The State commission shall conduct an inquiry
for the purpose of determining whether to terminate the
exemption under subparagraph (A). Within 120 days after the
State commission receives notice of the request, the State
commission shall terminate the exemption if the request is
not unduly economically burdensome, is technically
feasible, and is consistent with section 254 (other than
subsections (b)(7) and (c)(1)(D) thereof). Upon termination
of the exemption, a State commission shall establish an
implementation schedule for compliance with the request
that is consistent in time and manner with Commission
regulations.
`(C) LIMITATION ON EXEMPTION- The exemption provided by
this paragraph shall not apply with respect to a request
under subsection (c) from a cable operator providing video
programming, and seeking to provide any telecommunications
service, in the area in which the rural telephone company
provides video programming. The limitation contained in
this subparagraph shall not apply to a rural telephone
generator program.
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