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Name: Second Computer Inquiry, Final Decision — III. Background
Author: Federal Communications Commission

Second Computer Inquiry, Final Decision… (1980)

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“Second Computer Inquiry, Final Decision — III. Background”, published in 1980, is a work by Federal Communications Commission. It explores elements such as data processing, carrier and data.

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Federal Communications Commission, Second Computer Inquiry, Final Decision… (1980)

“ It permits "enhanced" services to be provided under a framework that does not require the complete separation of communications and data processing services and their provision through separate entities with separate computer equipment. This removes regulatory restrictions that serve to artificially structure or limit the types of services that can be offered consumers. Moreover, it substantially reduces the impact any determination as to the communications or data processing nature of an offering would have on the availability of services to the consumer. ”

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Federal Communications Commission, Second Computer Inquiry, Final Decision… (1980)

“ The potential existed for common carriers to favor their own data processing activities through cross-subsidization, improper pricing of common carrier services, and related anti-competitive practices which could result in burdening or impairing the carrier's provision of other regulated services. There was also concern over the extent to which data processing organizations should be permitted to engage in transmission as part of a data processing package free from regulation. ”

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Federal Communications Commission, Second Computer Inquiry, Final Decision… (1980)

“ However, an attempt was made to rely on a definitional approach for distinguishing regulated communications services from unregulated data processing services.
27. The regulatory structure proposed in the Tentative Decision divided common carrier communications services into three classes&emdash;"voice", "basic non-voice" (BNV) , and "enhanced non-voice" (ENV) services. We defined these three categories of services as follows:
1) A "voice" service is the electronic transmission of the human voice such that one human being can orally converse with another human being. ”

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Federal Communications Commission, Second Computer Inquiry, Final Decision… (1980)

“ With this new technology, users now find it cost-beneficial to remove some of the computing power from a centralized computer location. The phenomenon of distributed processing allows computers and terminals to perform both data processing and communications control applications within the network and at the customer's premises. ”

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Federal Communications Commission, Second Computer Inquiry, Final Decision… (1980)

“ Moreover, if a carrier desired to tariff such equipment as part of a communications offering, it could only be tariffed in conjunction with an "enhanced non-voice" communications service at the resale level. Under this structure the marketing of CPE which performed more than a BMC function was to be separated from the carrier's basic transmission services; such equipment, if tariffed, would be offered only in conjunction with competitive enhanced services. ”

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Federal Communications Commission, Second Computer Inquiry, Final Decision… (1980)

“ A resale carrier would be able to offer any ENV service, whereas an unregulated data processing vendor would be limited to providing only ENV data processing services. Because the resale carrier would have more flexibility, one result may be an indirect forcing of currently unregulated entities to acquire common carrier status in order to have the same marketing flexibility as a regulated resale carrier. ”

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Federal Communications Commission, Second Computer Inquiry, Final Decision… (1980)

“ However, significant advances in computer hardware and software have been made since that time. In particular, dramatic advances in large-scale integrated circuitry and microprocessor technology have permitted fabrication of mini-computers, micro-computers, and other special purpose devices, which are capable of duplicating many of the data-manipulative capabilities which were previously available only at centralized locations housing large scale general-purpose computers. ”

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Federal Communications Commission, Second Computer Inquiry, Final Decision… (1980)

“ International Business Machines Corporation v. FCC, 570 F.2d 452 (2d Cir. 1978) .↑ A function is a separable specific operation, such as storing, merging, etc., whereas an activity is the aggregate result of a combination of functions, regardless of where they may be performed.↑ United States v. ”

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