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Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005

1 online resource (ix, 212p.) : ill

ISBN 0815716176 (pbk. : alk. paper)

ISBN 0815797702

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.

"Ex amines 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

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