Sentence examples for carrier rules from inspiring English sources

One reason the application of common carrier rules to the telephone network didn't raise significant First Amendment concerns in the pre-digital era is that there was no practicable way to censor analog telephone calls as a technological matter.

Nevertheless, it's crucial that the FCC strip down the common carrier rules to make sure they go no further than preserving neutrality in the last mile.

"One of the eventual reactions was the common carrier rule," Professor Wu said, which required telegraph and then phone companies to accept communications from all speakers on all topics.

Speech over traditional phones is protected under the "common carrier" rule, which guarantees that all "traffic" gets access to the lines without discrimination.

In a order posted on its Web site, the F.C.C. exempted the two companies from price caps and other so-called dominant-carrier rules on long-distance service.

The FCC finally decided in 2002 to classify cable Internet providers as information services, freeing them from the threat of Title II's common-carrier rules.

The Federal Communications Commission agreed not to subject Qwest's long-distance division to some so-called dominant-carrier rules, which impose price controls and other restrictions, if the company consolidates its long-distance and local-phone services under one unit.

Government intervention, they suggest, would discourage them from making those investments.That might be persuasive if the full weight of America's common-carrier rules as they apply to the telephone business, with all the micro-management they involve, were dumped on the cable industry.

Students pursuing domestic internships should also inquire about their health insurance carriers rules concerning out of network medical coverage and any additional associated costs for such treatment.

Going forward, these Internet users need common-carrier rules, as much as the First Amendment, to protect this most democratic right.

Four domestic carriers rule about 70percentt of the market.