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MPOWER COMMUNICATIONS CORP. v. IL. BELL TELEPHONE CO.

No. 05-3552, 05-3677.

457 F.3d 625 (2006)

MPOWER COMMUNICATIONS CORP., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, and Edward C. Hurley, et al., Commissioners of the Illinois Commerce Commission, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 4, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Moore (argued), Thomas H. Rowland, Rowland & Moore, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Theodore A. Livingston (argued), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, Thomas R. Stanton (argued), Illinois Commerce Commission, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, MANION, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires the local phone companies that were spun off from the old AT&T to supply services that will enable new entrants to compete in the business. 47 U.S.C. §§ 251-54. It is conventional to call the established phone companies incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs), their rivals competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), and the services that the CLECs want to buy "unbundled network...

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