Competition and chaos [electronic resource] : U.S. telecommunications since the 1996 Telecom Act / Robert W. Crandall.

By: Crandall, Robert WContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005Description: ix, 212p. : illSubject(s): United States. Telecommunications Act of 1996 | Telecommunication policy -- United States | Telecommunication -- Deregulation -- United States | Competition -- Government policy -- United States | Telecommunication -- Law and legislation -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 384/.0973 LOC classification: HE7781 | .C667 2005Online resources: Click to View
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.
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.
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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.

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