### Question
How does the law define industry-wide?


### Answer
Under *47 U.S.C. § 273*, **industry-wide** is defined as:

> activities funded by or performed on behalf of local exchange carriers for use in providing wireline telephone exchange service whose combined total of deployed access lines in the United States constitutes at least 30 percent of all access lines deployed by telecommunications carriers in the United States as of February 8, 1996

#### Citation:
  - *47 U.S.C. § 273*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 4-RADIO ACT OF 1927 > SUBCHAPTER II-COMMON CARRIERS > Part III-Special Provisions Concerning Bell Operating Companies**

