Competition and chaos : U.S. telecommunications since the 1996 Telecom Act / / Robert W. Crandall.
"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.
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| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 212p. :; ill. |
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Table of 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.