02246nam a2200373Ia 4500 ebr10078498 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 050119s2005 dcua sb 001 0 eng d 2005001648 0815797702 0815716176 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)59822114 HE7781 .C667 2005eb 384/.0973 22 Crandall, Robert W. Competition and chaos [electronic resource] : U.S. telecommunications since the 1996 Telecom Act / 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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary 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. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10078498 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 75091 75091