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UNINA9910828881003321 |
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Autore |
Crandall Robert W |
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Titolo |
Competition and chaos : U.S. telecommunications since the 1996 Telecom Act / / Robert W. Crandall |
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Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-81318-0 |
9786610813186 |
0-8157-9770-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Telecommunication policy - United States |
Telecommunication - Deregulation - United States |
Competition - Government policy - United States |
Telecommunication - Law and legislation - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"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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