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z?d104:SN00652:@@@D at thomas.loc.gov Page 15 of 16 a carrier that receives proprietary information from another carrier or a customer for purposes • of providing any telecommunications service to use such information only for such purpose. Directs a carrier to disclose customer proprietary network information upon the customer's request. Permits a carrier to use, disclose, or permit access to aggregate customer information for other purposes. Requires a carrier that provides telephone exchange service to provide subscriber list information to any person upon request for the purpose of publishing directories in any format. (Sec. 703) Directs the FCC to prescribe regulations to: (1) govern the charges for pole attachments used by telecommunications carriers to provide telecommunications services, when the parties fail to resolve a dispute over such charges; and (2) ensure that utilities charge just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory rates for the pole attachments. Requires a utility to apportion the cost of providing space on a pole based on the number of attaching entities. Requires any increase in the rates for pole attachments to be phased in over a five-year period. Requires a utility to provide a cable television system or any telecommunications carrier with nondiscriminatory access to any pole or right-of-way owned by it. Allows a utility company providing electric service to deny a cable television system or telecommunications carrier access to such poles when there is insufficient capacity and for reasons of safety, reliability, and generally applicable engineering purposes. Requires utilities that engage in the provision of telecommunications services or cable services to impute to its costs of providing such service an equal amount to the pole attachment rate for which such company would be liable. Requires utilities to provide written notification to attaching entities of any plans to modify or alter its poles or other rights-of-way. Requires any attaching entity that modifies its own attachments to • bear a proportionate share of the costs of such modifications. Prevents a utility from imposing the cost of rearrangements to other attaching entities if done solely for the benefit of the utility. (Sec. 704) Preserves State or local authority over decisions regarding the placement, construction, and modification of personal wireless service facilities, but prohibits State or local regulation thereof from: (1) unreasonably discriminating among providers of functionally equivalent services; or (2) prohibiting the provision of personal wireless services. Requires State or local action on requests regarding such facilities to occur within a reasonable time, with denials of requests to be in writing and supported by substantial evidence in a written record. Prohibits State or local regulation of such facilities on the basis of environmental effects of radio frequency emissions to the extent such facilities comply with FCC regulations. Provides for expedited judicial review and petitions of the FCC for relief from adverse State or local actions. Directs the President to prescribe procedures by which Federal agencies may make available property and rights-of-way for the placement of new telecommunications services that are dependent upon the utilization of Federal spectrum rights. (Sec. 705) Prohibits a commercial mobile services provider from being required to provide equal access to common carriers for the provision of telephone toll services. Directs the FCC, if it determines that subscribers to such services are denied access to the provider of telephone toll services of the subscribers' choice, contrary to the public interest, to prescribe regulations 4111 to afford subscribers unblocked access to the provider of telephone toll services of the subscribers' choice through the use of a carrier identification code assigned to such provider or other mechanism. Provides that such regulations shall not apply to mobile satellite services unless the FCC finds it to be in the public interest. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d104:SNO0652:@@@D 12/11/96