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

By: Crandall, Robert W.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005General Notes: Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 212 p.) : ill.ISBN: 0815797702 (electronic bk.); 9780815797708 (electronic bk.).Subject(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 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:
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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E-book Davenport Library e-book E-book 384/.0973 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan mq543971

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

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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