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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785702703321

Autore

Yoo Christopher S

Titolo

The dynamic Internet [[electronic resource] ] : how technology, users, and businesses are changing the network / / Christopher S. Yoo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : AEI Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-63936-X

0-8447-7229-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Disciplina

384.33

Soggetti

Internet industry

Business networks

Internet industry - Prices

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Full Title Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms; Introduction; PART I; Chapter 1 Increases in Number and Diversity of Internet Users; Chapter 2 Changes in Nature of Internet Usage; Chapter 3 Diversification of Transmission Technologies; Chapter 4 Upsurge in Complexity of Business Relationships; PART II; Chapter 5 Changes in Optimal Level of Standardization; Chapter 6 Inevitable Decline of Infomral Governance; Chapter 7 Migration of Functions into Core of Network; Chapter 8 Growing Complexity of Internet Pricing; Chapter 9 Inevitability of Intermediation

Chapter 10 Incomplete Convergence and Myth of One ScreenChapter 11 Maturation of the Industry; Conclusion; References; Index; About the Author; Boilerplate

Sommario/riassunto

The Dynamic Internet: How Technology, Users, and Businesses are Changing the Network offers a comprehensive history of the Internet and efforts to regulate its use. University of Pennsylvania law professor Christopher S. Yoo contends that rather than engaging in prescriptive regulatory oversight, the government should promote competition in other ways, such as reducing costs for consumers, lowering entry barriers for new producers, and increasing transparency. These reforms would benefit consumers while permitting the industry to develop new



solutions for emerging problems. It is fruitless for