Competition. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is the first major reconstruction of the telecommunications law in almost 62 years. The goal of this new law is to let anyone enter any communications business (to let any communications business compete in any market against any other.) The Act has the potential to change the way we work, live and learn. It affected telephone service (local and long distance,) cable programming and other video services, broadcast services, and services …showed first 75 words of 441 total…

…showed last 75 words of 441 total…telephone and cable companies to compete in each other's businesses. *Extends TV and radio station license terms to eight years. Jobs Because of this act many new jobs were made available to the public. Jobs generated: *California generates over 170,000 new jobs overall *New York gains over 90,000 jobs *Texas creates over 80,000 jobs *Florida gains over 70,000 jobs *Pennsylvania and Illinois gain over 50,000 jobs each *Another 15 states add more than 20,000 jobs *The remaining states cumulatively produce 239,000 new jobs