Competition and chaos : U.S. telecommunications since the 1996 Telecom Act / / Robert W. Crandall
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2005 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| 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 | |
| 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.: | 9910828881003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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