Competition and Chaos : U.S. Telecommunications since the 1996 Telecom Act

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Opening Telecom Markets: The 1996 Telecommunications Act -- Chapter 3. The First Eight Years under the New Law -- Chapter 4. Local Competition under the 1996 Act -- Chapter 5. Effect of the 1996 Act on Incumbent Local Companies -- Chapter 6. The Death of Distance and of the Long-Distance Carriers -- Chapter 7. The Rapid Growth of Wireless Telecommunications -- Chapter 8. The Broadband Revolution -- Chapter 9. Telecom Reform in Other Countries -- Chapter 10. A Look Back and a Look Forward -- Appendix: Estimates of Bell Company Cumulative Capital Expenditures across States, 1996-2003 -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.