Competition and chaos [electronic resource] : U.S. telecommunications since the 1996 Telecom Act / Robert W. Crandall.
By: Crandall, Robert W.
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BookPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005Description: ix, 212p. : ill.Subject(s): United States. Telecommunications Act of 1996 | Telecommunication policy -- United States | Telecommunication -- Deregulation -- United States | Competition -- Government policy -- United States | Telecommunication -- Law and legislation -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 384/.0973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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