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

• Autore: Crandall Robert W
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 384/.0973
• Soggetto topico: Telecommunication policy - United States; Telecommunication - Deregulation - United States; Competition - Government policy - United States; Telecommunication - Law and legislation - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Competition and chaos
• ISBN: 1-280-81318-0; 9786610813186; 0-8157-9770-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457891403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II