{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-42.05.800","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 42.05.800","heading":"Findings.","body":"The legislature finds that\n(1) modern, affordable, efficient, and universally available local and long distance telephone service is essential to the people of the state;\n(2) facilities based, long distance telephone service should be provided competitively wherever possible;\n(3) technological advances, reduced costs, and increased consumer choices for long distance telephone service, resulting from the adoption of an appropriate competitive market structure, will enhance the state's economic development;\n(4) the benefits of competition in long distance telephone service should be shared by consumers throughout the state;\n(5) the commission should oversee competition in long distance telephone service to ensure that the competition is fair to consumers and competitors;\n(6) the commission should provide for competition in a timely manner and should adopt regulations that eliminate inappropriate impediments to entry for long distance carriers fit, willing, and able to provide service.","path":["Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs.","Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act.","Article 12. Competitive Intrastate Long Distance Telephone Service."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#42.05.800","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:19:21Z","sha256":"ef165dfe12b7cb8b9fd0276a5897540b0e7b6602446b62643e4345afff142d5e","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-42.05.790","next":"us-ak/as-42.05.810"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}