Competition and chaos U.S. telecommunications since the 1996 Telecom Act /

"Examines how the 1996 Telecommunications Act and its antecedents have affected the major telecommunications providers and analyzes the act's effect on economic welfare in the United States"--Provided by publisher.

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Autor principal: Crandall, Robert W.
Autor corporatiu: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electrònic eBook
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005.
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Taula de continguts:
  • Introduction
  • Opening telecom markets : the 1996 Telecommunications Act
  • The first eight years under the new law
  • Local competition under the 1996 act
  • Effect of the 1996 act on incumbent local companies
  • The death of distance and of the long-distance carriers
  • The rapid growth of wireless telecommunications
  • The broadband revolution
  • Telecom reform in other countries
  • A look back and a look forward
  • Appendix. estimates of Bell Company cumulative capital expenditures across states, 1996?-2003.