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Lower Internet prices in offing after FCC decision

More consumers should be able to gethigh-speed Internet connections and at lower prices after theFederal Communications Commission voted Thursday torequire major local phone companies to share theirlines with data carriers.

Written by ZDNET Editors, Contributor Nov. 17, 1999 at 4:00 p.m. PT

More consumers should be able to get high-speed Internet connections and at lower prices after the Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to require major local phone companies to share their lines with data carriers. -- Reuters

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