Legal Question in Telecomm Law in Alaska

Can payphones be required by law in public places? Currently, in our town, almost all of the payphones are gone. This creates a safety hazard at worst, an inconvenience at best, and could be part of a strategy to herd consumers into signing up for cell phone service out of desperation. Can our Alaska state legislature make a law requiring the phone companies to provide a minimum number of payphones? Is this only for the FCC to deal with?

Asked on 2/21/11, 10:38 am

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The legislature has the option of imposing such a requirement. It is unlikely that it would do so, however, in my opinion.

Answered on 3/04/11, 11:15 am

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