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This paper examines the justifications, history, and practice ofregulation in the US telecommunications sector. We examine the impact oftechnological and regulatory change on market structure and businessstrategy. Among others, we discuss the emergence and decline of thetelecom bubble, the...
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In Portugal, the telecommunications incumbent offers broadband access tothe Inter- net, both through digital subscriber … line and cable modem. Inthis article, we estimate the impact on broadband access to the Internetof the structural … priceelasticities of demand and the marginal costs of broadband access to theInternet. Based on these estimates, we simulate the effect …
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for broadband, using estimated costs and some limited real-world emerging economy data, we can see what reasons there are … idealized model, I also present a new design for broadband across Africa (“FiberAfrica”) based on GIS modeling and a bottom … not only includes appropriate technologies (optical fibers and fixed broadband wireless) but also innovative business …
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for broadband, using estimated costs and some limited real-world emerging economy data, we can see what reasons there are … the idealized model, I also present a new design for broadband across Africa (“FiberAfrica”) based on GIS modeling and a … data. It not only includes appropriate technologies (optical fibers and fixed broadband wireless) but also innovative …
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makes possible. Broadband—defined by the Federal Communications Commission(FCC) as advanced communications systems capable …, availability, and future promise.Chapter 2 reviews selected community benefits and specific applications of broadband. Chapter3 … summarizes the status of broadband infrastructure and use in rural areas of the United States,with a particular focus on Sussex …
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study looks at the broadband Internet setting in Oklahoma over a 3-year period, examining the diffusion of both …
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Telecommunications access in the rural and remote areas of Australia has come under considerable scrutiny in recent years. In the past decade, various Federal Government reports and inquiries have citied inadequate infrastructure, lack of service provision, the high cost of access and ?thin?...
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variableshave on the decision to offer residential broadband services. By controlling for the variousfactors that influence a firm …?s decision to enter a market, we model the factors that explain thevariation in the availability of broadband data services. The …
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residential broadband adoption decision for Oklahoma residents between 2003 and 2006. In particular, the spread of wired … diffusion has had on broadband access rates. The data indicates that the gap in broadband access rates between rural and urban … higher broadband rates over time. Instead, shifting returns to specific characteristics (namely income) are found to be the …
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The health industry has acquired a reputation as lagging in the use of information technology (IT). Therefore, this study has been undertaken to assess state health's use of IT and then to assess the causal factors of the differing usage rate, if any. The state health industry was compared to...
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