Competition and chaos U.S. telecommunications since the 1996 Telecom Act /
Crandall, Robert W.
Competition and chaos U.S. telecommunications since the 1996 Telecom Act / [electronic resource] : Robert W. Crandall. - Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005. - ix, 212p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
United States. Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Telecommunication policy--United States.
Telecommunication--Deregulation--United States.
Competition--Government policy--United States.
Telecommunication--Law and legislation--United States.
Electronic books.
HE7781 / .C667 2005
384/.0973
Competition and chaos U.S. telecommunications since the 1996 Telecom Act / [electronic resource] : Robert W. Crandall. - Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005. - ix, 212p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
United States. Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Telecommunication policy--United States.
Telecommunication--Deregulation--United States.
Competition--Government policy--United States.
Telecommunication--Law and legislation--United States.
Electronic books.
HE7781 / .C667 2005
384/.0973