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The broadband problem : anatomy of a market failure and a policy dilemma / Charles H. Ferguson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ferguson, Charles H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Telecommunication policy--United States.
- Telecommunication policy.
- Broadband communication systems--United States.
- Broadband communication systems.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (253 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the US, pressure has been building for faster and less expensive broadband data services. However, broadband services and prices have not kept pace either with demand or with progress in information technology. This title analyses the markets and policy issues underlying the broadband dilemma.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Telecommunications in the internet age : very high stakes
- Technological performance
- Financial, strategic, and political conduct of the ILECs
- The ILECs' competitors
- The policy system and alternatives in the United States : causes and implications
- Policy recommendations.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610812950
- 9781280812958
- 1280812958
- 9780815796442
- 0815796447
- OCLC:
- 559138937
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