...points to section 1 of the Communications Act of 1934, which provides that the purpose of the Act is to: '. . . make available, so far as possible, to...efficient. Nation-wide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities and reasonable charges. . .." 47 USC } 161. Universal...

...Communications Act of 1934, which provides that the purpose of the Act is to: '. . . make available, so tar as possible, to all the people of the United States...efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities and reasonable charges. . ..' 47 USC f 151. Universal...

...I—GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 1. [47 USC 151] PURPOSES OF ACT, CREATION OF FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION. For the purpose of regulating interstate and foreign...so far as possible, to all the people of the United States, without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, a rapid,...

...Indeed, a primary objective of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, (the "Communications Act"), is to "make available, so far as possible, to all the...efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges."4 Section 1 of the Communications...

...mandated by the Communications Act of 1934, and was codified in its preamble, which states: ". . . to make available, so far as possible, to all the...efficient, nationwide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges.. . ." 18 The Communications Act...

...established the FCC to regulate the emerging radio and telephone services. It states its purpose to be "... to make available, so far as possible, to all the...efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges. ..." The telephone system was...

...out the electromagnetic spectrum and regulating both foreign and interstate communications services "so as to make available, so far as possible, to all...States a rapid, efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide . . . communications service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges ..." (in Hilliard 1991:...

...policy is part and parcel of the Commission's overriding statutory mandate to "make available ... to all the people of the United States . a rapid, efficient, Nationwide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service." 14 It is also a reflection of the undeniable fact that "broadcast television...

...created the FCC "[fjor the purpose of regulating interstate and foreign commerce in communications by wire and radio so as to make available, so far as possible, to all people of the United States, without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national...

...Communications Act of 1934, Congress expressed its intention to make available, so far as possible, to all people of the United States ... a rapid, efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service with adequate faculties at reasonable charges. ..." In response to that mandate,...