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NEW EDGE NETWORK, INC. v. F.C.C.

Nos. 04-73800, 04-74410, 04-75445, 04-74401, 04-74720, 04-76136, 04-74408, 04-74724.

461 F.3d 1105 (2006)

NEW EDGE NETWORK, INC., dba New Edge Networks; Oneeighty Communications, Inc.; Pac-West Telecomm, Inc., Petitioners, Comptel/Ascent, Intervenor-Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Respondent, Bellsouth Corporation and Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc., Qwest Communications International, Inc., SBC Communications Inc., United States Telecom Association, and Verizon Telephone Companies, Applicants-Intervenors. Xspedius Communications, LLC, Petitioner, v. Federal Communications Commission, Respondent. KMC Telecom Holdings, Inc., Petitioner, v. Federal Communications Commission, Respondent. Snip Link, LCC, Petitioner, v. Federal Communications Commission, Respondent. Cox Communications, Inc.; Comptel/Ascent, Petitioners, v. Federal Communications Commission, Respondent. XO Communications Inc., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Federal Communications Commission, Respondent-Appellee. Cox Communications, Inc., Petitioner, v. Federal Communications Commission, Respondent. Onfiber Communications Commission, Petitioner, v. Federal Communications Commission, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 29, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell M. Blau, Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP, Washington, D.C., for petitioner New Edge Network, Inc.

Stephanie Joyce, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Washington, D.C., for petitioners CompTel/ASCENT Alliance, KMC Telecom Holdings, Inc., Onfiber Communications, Inc., Snip Link, LLC, XO Communications, Inc., and Xspedius Communications, LLC.

David E. Mills, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for petitioner Cox Communications, Inc.

James M. Carr, Counsel, and Austin C. Schlick, Acting General Counsel, Washington, D.C., for the respondents.

Colin S. Stretch, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans, & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for the intervenors.

Before RYMER, T.G. NELSON, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

I. Introduction

These petitions arise from the Federal Communications Commission's ("FCC") report and order changing its interpretation of a provision of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub.L. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56. In 2004, the FCC adopted a new rule replacing its so-called "pick-and-choose" interpretation of 47 U.S.C. § 252(i) with an "all-or-nothing" interpretation. Petitioners in various circuits challenged the new...

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