Broadcasting and telecommunications = : Radiodiffusion et télécommunications |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ottawa, : Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada, 2000- |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 384/.0971/021 |
Collana | Service bulletin |
Soggetto topico |
Telecommunication - Canada
Telecommunication - Canada - Finance Telecommunication Telecommunication - Finance |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Periodicals.
Statistics. |
ISSN | 1492-4455 |
Classificazione |
cci1icc
coll14 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Radiodiffusion et télécommunications |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910144784603321 |
Ottawa, : Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada, 2000- | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The great telecom meltdown / / Fred R. Goldstein |
Autore | Goldstein Fred R. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston : , : Artech House, , ©2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (211 p.) |
Disciplina | 384.3 |
Collana | Artech House telecommunications library |
Soggetto topico |
Telecommunication
Telecommunication - Finance Internet |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-58053-940-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
The Great Telecom Meltdown -- Contents v -- Preface xi -- Acknowledgments xiii -- 1 Ma Bell and Her "Natural Monopoly," 1876-1969 1 -- Natural and Unnatural Monopoly 1 -- Western Union 2 -- Patent Protection 3 -- The Kingsbury Commitment 4 -- The Slow Pace of Progress 5 -- The Smith Decision and Universal Service 6 -- The Final Judgment 7 -- Hushaphone and the First Cracks in the Monopoly 7 -- The Disruptive Transistor 8 -- Endnotes 10 -- 2 The Rebirth of Competition 11 -- Carterfone Made the Network More Valuable 11 -- MCI's Shared Microwave Opened New Doors 20 -- Endnotes 25.
3 Divestiture: Equal Access and Chinese Walls 27 -- Vertical Integration 27 -- AT & T Kept Out of the Computer Industry 28 -- The Money's in Long Distance, Right? 32 -- The Centrex Revival 39 -- Digital Switching Becomes the Norm 40 -- Digitization of the Transmission Network 43 -- ISDN Fails to Make a Dent 46 -- Endnotes 53 -- 4 The Internet Boom and the Limits to Growth 57 -- The ARPAnet Was a Seminal Research Network 57 -- OSI, the Big Committee That Couldn't 62 -- Commercialization at Last 65 -- Internet Traffic Explodes as the Public Joins 69 -- ISP Pricing Creates Permanent Losses 74. Dotcoms Create a Demand Bubble 76 -- Carrier Hotels Created Too Much Room at the Inn 80 -- The Bubble Bursts in Equipment Manufacturers' Faces 81 -- Endnotes 83 -- 5 The Deuteronomy Networks 85 -- The Short-Term Bandwidth Crunch Invited More Suppliers 86 -- Kiewit Sells MFS, Creates Level 3 88 -- Williams Sold Wiltel, Created Another One 90 -- Metromedia Sold Cellular and Long-Haul, Created MFN 91 -- XO Communications Recycles Cellular Profits 92 -- Undersea, Undersea, Under Beautiful Sea 93 -- How Much Bandwidth Was Available? 94 -- Endnotes 96. 6 Losing by Winning: Wireless License Auctions 97 -- Original License Lotteries Led to Farcical Resale 99 -- The Top Cellular Networks Grew to Profitability 100 -- Networks Go Digital 101 -- The PCS Auction Was a Success 103 -- "3G" Combined the Allure of Both Internet and Wireless 105 -- Many Large Incumbents Were Left With Huge Debt 109 -- Endnotes 109 -- 7 Competitive Access Providers, the Costly Way to Local Competition 111 -- RBOC Prices to Large Customers Were Out of Line 111 -- States Supported RBOC Monopolies More Than the FCC Did 113 -- Teleport Cracks the NYNEX Monopoly 114. Competitors Outrace RBOCs to Provide Local Fiber-Optic Connections 115 -- The Telecom Act Opens Local Service Competition 117 -- Fixed Wireless as an Alternative to Fiber? 119 -- Hybrid Fiber-Coax (HFC) Gave Cable Providers an Advantage on "Triple Play" 122 -- Endnotes 130 -- 8 DLECs and ELECs: An Exercise in Oversupply 133 -- DSL First Failed as a Video Offering 134 -- The Telecom Act Invites Novel Use of Unbundled Loops 134 -- Capital Poisoning Led DLECs to Overexpand 136 -- Ethernet LECs Were Data CAPs 140 -- Endnotes 142 -- 9 CLECs' Winning Strategies Are Met by Rule Changes 145. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450999303321 |
Goldstein Fred R. | ||
Boston : , : Artech House, , ©2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The great telecom meltdown / / Fred R. Goldstein |
Autore | Goldstein Fred R. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston : , : Artech House, , ©2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (211 p.) |
Disciplina | 384.3 |
Collana | Artech House telecommunications library |
Soggetto topico |
Telecommunication
Telecommunication - Finance Internet |
ISBN | 1-58053-940-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
The Great Telecom Meltdown -- Contents v -- Preface xi -- Acknowledgments xiii -- 1 Ma Bell and Her "Natural Monopoly," 1876-1969 1 -- Natural and Unnatural Monopoly 1 -- Western Union 2 -- Patent Protection 3 -- The Kingsbury Commitment 4 -- The Slow Pace of Progress 5 -- The Smith Decision and Universal Service 6 -- The Final Judgment 7 -- Hushaphone and the First Cracks in the Monopoly 7 -- The Disruptive Transistor 8 -- Endnotes 10 -- 2 The Rebirth of Competition 11 -- Carterfone Made the Network More Valuable 11 -- MCI's Shared Microwave Opened New Doors 20 -- Endnotes 25.
3 Divestiture: Equal Access and Chinese Walls 27 -- Vertical Integration 27 -- AT & T Kept Out of the Computer Industry 28 -- The Money's in Long Distance, Right? 32 -- The Centrex Revival 39 -- Digital Switching Becomes the Norm 40 -- Digitization of the Transmission Network 43 -- ISDN Fails to Make a Dent 46 -- Endnotes 53 -- 4 The Internet Boom and the Limits to Growth 57 -- The ARPAnet Was a Seminal Research Network 57 -- OSI, the Big Committee That Couldn't 62 -- Commercialization at Last 65 -- Internet Traffic Explodes as the Public Joins 69 -- ISP Pricing Creates Permanent Losses 74. Dotcoms Create a Demand Bubble 76 -- Carrier Hotels Created Too Much Room at the Inn 80 -- The Bubble Bursts in Equipment Manufacturers' Faces 81 -- Endnotes 83 -- 5 The Deuteronomy Networks 85 -- The Short-Term Bandwidth Crunch Invited More Suppliers 86 -- Kiewit Sells MFS, Creates Level 3 88 -- Williams Sold Wiltel, Created Another One 90 -- Metromedia Sold Cellular and Long-Haul, Created MFN 91 -- XO Communications Recycles Cellular Profits 92 -- Undersea, Undersea, Under Beautiful Sea 93 -- How Much Bandwidth Was Available? 94 -- Endnotes 96. 6 Losing by Winning: Wireless License Auctions 97 -- Original License Lotteries Led to Farcical Resale 99 -- The Top Cellular Networks Grew to Profitability 100 -- Networks Go Digital 101 -- The PCS Auction Was a Success 103 -- "3G" Combined the Allure of Both Internet and Wireless 105 -- Many Large Incumbents Were Left With Huge Debt 109 -- Endnotes 109 -- 7 Competitive Access Providers, the Costly Way to Local Competition 111 -- RBOC Prices to Large Customers Were Out of Line 111 -- States Supported RBOC Monopolies More Than the FCC Did 113 -- Teleport Cracks the NYNEX Monopoly 114. Competitors Outrace RBOCs to Provide Local Fiber-Optic Connections 115 -- The Telecom Act Opens Local Service Competition 117 -- Fixed Wireless as an Alternative to Fiber? 119 -- Hybrid Fiber-Coax (HFC) Gave Cable Providers an Advantage on "Triple Play" 122 -- Endnotes 130 -- 8 DLECs and ELECs: An Exercise in Oversupply 133 -- DSL First Failed as a Video Offering 134 -- The Telecom Act Invites Novel Use of Unbundled Loops 134 -- Capital Poisoning Led DLECs to Overexpand 136 -- Ethernet LECs Were Data CAPs 140 -- Endnotes 142 -- 9 CLECs' Winning Strategies Are Met by Rule Changes 145. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784140803321 |
Goldstein Fred R. | ||
Boston : , : Artech House, , ©2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The great telecom meltdown / / Fred R. Goldstein |
Autore | Goldstein Fred R. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston : , : Artech House, , ©2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (211 p.) |
Disciplina | 384.3 |
Collana | Artech House telecommunications library |
Soggetto topico |
Telecommunication
Telecommunication - Finance Internet |
ISBN | 1-58053-940-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
The Great Telecom Meltdown -- Contents v -- Preface xi -- Acknowledgments xiii -- 1 Ma Bell and Her "Natural Monopoly," 1876-1969 1 -- Natural and Unnatural Monopoly 1 -- Western Union 2 -- Patent Protection 3 -- The Kingsbury Commitment 4 -- The Slow Pace of Progress 5 -- The Smith Decision and Universal Service 6 -- The Final Judgment 7 -- Hushaphone and the First Cracks in the Monopoly 7 -- The Disruptive Transistor 8 -- Endnotes 10 -- 2 The Rebirth of Competition 11 -- Carterfone Made the Network More Valuable 11 -- MCI's Shared Microwave Opened New Doors 20 -- Endnotes 25.
3 Divestiture: Equal Access and Chinese Walls 27 -- Vertical Integration 27 -- AT & T Kept Out of the Computer Industry 28 -- The Money's in Long Distance, Right? 32 -- The Centrex Revival 39 -- Digital Switching Becomes the Norm 40 -- Digitization of the Transmission Network 43 -- ISDN Fails to Make a Dent 46 -- Endnotes 53 -- 4 The Internet Boom and the Limits to Growth 57 -- The ARPAnet Was a Seminal Research Network 57 -- OSI, the Big Committee That Couldn't 62 -- Commercialization at Last 65 -- Internet Traffic Explodes as the Public Joins 69 -- ISP Pricing Creates Permanent Losses 74. Dotcoms Create a Demand Bubble 76 -- Carrier Hotels Created Too Much Room at the Inn 80 -- The Bubble Bursts in Equipment Manufacturers' Faces 81 -- Endnotes 83 -- 5 The Deuteronomy Networks 85 -- The Short-Term Bandwidth Crunch Invited More Suppliers 86 -- Kiewit Sells MFS, Creates Level 3 88 -- Williams Sold Wiltel, Created Another One 90 -- Metromedia Sold Cellular and Long-Haul, Created MFN 91 -- XO Communications Recycles Cellular Profits 92 -- Undersea, Undersea, Under Beautiful Sea 93 -- How Much Bandwidth Was Available? 94 -- Endnotes 96. 6 Losing by Winning: Wireless License Auctions 97 -- Original License Lotteries Led to Farcical Resale 99 -- The Top Cellular Networks Grew to Profitability 100 -- Networks Go Digital 101 -- The PCS Auction Was a Success 103 -- "3G" Combined the Allure of Both Internet and Wireless 105 -- Many Large Incumbents Were Left With Huge Debt 109 -- Endnotes 109 -- 7 Competitive Access Providers, the Costly Way to Local Competition 111 -- RBOC Prices to Large Customers Were Out of Line 111 -- States Supported RBOC Monopolies More Than the FCC Did 113 -- Teleport Cracks the NYNEX Monopoly 114. Competitors Outrace RBOCs to Provide Local Fiber-Optic Connections 115 -- The Telecom Act Opens Local Service Competition 117 -- Fixed Wireless as an Alternative to Fiber? 119 -- Hybrid Fiber-Coax (HFC) Gave Cable Providers an Advantage on "Triple Play" 122 -- Endnotes 130 -- 8 DLECs and ELECs: An Exercise in Oversupply 133 -- DSL First Failed as a Video Offering 134 -- The Telecom Act Invites Novel Use of Unbundled Loops 134 -- Capital Poisoning Led DLECs to Overexpand 136 -- Ethernet LECs Were Data CAPs 140 -- Endnotes 142 -- 9 CLECs' Winning Strategies Are Met by Rule Changes 145. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828233103321 |
Goldstein Fred R. | ||
Boston : , : Artech House, , ©2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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OPIC & telecom [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : Overseas Private Investment Corp., , [1999] |
Soggetto topico |
Investments, American
Telecommunication - Finance Telecommunication - Insurance |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | OPIC and telecom |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910691393703321 |
Washington, DC : , : Overseas Private Investment Corp., , [1999] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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