GLOBAL NAPS, INC. v. VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC.

No. 04-1711.

396 F.3d 16 (2005)

GLOBAL NAPS, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC.; Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy; Paul B. Vasington, in his capacity as Commissioner; James Connelly, in his capacity as Commissioner; W. Robert Keating, in his capacity as Commissioner; Diedre K. Manning, in her capacity as Commissioner; and Eugene J. Sullivan, in his capacity as Commissioner, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 19, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Rooney, Jr., with whom Jeffrey Melick was on brief, for appellant.

Scott H. Angstreich, with whom Bruce P. Beausejour, Keefe B. Clemons, Sean A. Lev, Mary Ann McGrail, and Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, & Evans were on brief, for appellee Verizon New England, Inc.

Thomas A. Barnico, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, was on brief, for appellee Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy.

Before LYNCH, LIPEZ, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal represents one part of a larger dispute between Global NAPs, a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), and Verizon New England, Inc., an incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC), in their attempt to reach an interconnection agreement under the Telecommunications Act of 1996(TCA), Pub.L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56 (codified as amended in scattered sections of 47 U.S.C.). The TCA sets up detailed...

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