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Competition and chaos : U.S. telecommunications since the 1996 Telecom Act

Title
Competition and chaos : U.S. telecommunications since the 1996 Telecom Act / Robert W. Crandall.
Author
Crandall, Robert W.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2005], ©2005.

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Description
ix, 212 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
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.
Subject
  • United States
  • Telecommunication policy > United States
  • Telecommunication > Deregulation > United States
  • Competition > Government policy > United States
  • Telecommunication > Law and legislation > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Opening telecom markets : The 1996 Telecommunications Act -- 3. The first eight years under the new law -- 4. Local competition under the 1996 act -- 5. Effect of the 1996 act on incumbent local companies -- 6. The death of distance and of the long-distance carriers -- 7. The rapid growth of wireless telecommunications -- 8. The broadband revolution -- 9. Telecom reform in other countries -- 10. A look back and a look forward -- App. Estimates of Bell Company cumulative capital expenditures across states, 1996-2003.
ISBN
0815716176 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2005001648
OCLC
  • 57527449
  • ocm57527449
  • SCSB-5190860
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries