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- 1 online resource (ix, 212p.) : ill.
- Summary
- "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.
- Uniform Title
- Competition and chaos (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Competition and chaos (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Contents
- 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.
- OCLC
- ssj0000126488
- Author
Crandall, Robert W.
- Title
Competition and chaos [electronic resource] : U.S. telecommunications since the 1996 Telecom Act / Robert W. Crandall.
- Imprint
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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2005001648