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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828881003321

Autore

Crandall Robert W

Titolo

Competition and chaos : U.S. telecommunications since the 1996 Telecom Act / / Robert W. Crandall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2005

ISBN

1-280-81318-0

9786610813186

0-8157-9770-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

384/.0973

Soggetti

Telecommunication policy - United States

Telecommunication - Deregulation - United States

Competition - Government policy - United States

Telecommunication - Law and legislation - United States

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

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.