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Author:

Crandall, Robert W.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Brookings Institution Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

ix, 212 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-206) and index.

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.

ISBN:

9780815716174
9780815716174 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0815716176 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57527449

LCCN:

2005001648

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)