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Competition and chaos : U.S. telecommunications since the 1996 Telecom Act / Robert W. Crandall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crandall, Robert W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Telecommunication policy--United States.
- Telecommunication policy.
- Telecommunication--Deregulation--United States.
- Telecommunication.
- Competition--Government policy--United States.
- Competition.
- Telecommunication--Law and legislation--United States.
- United States. Telecommunications Act of 1996.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610813186
- 9781280813184
- 1280813180
- 9780815797708
- 0815797702
- OCLC:
- 475992791
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