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The paper focuses on the cost characteristics of Internet technology and on the question whether there are monopolistic … bottlenecks in Internet services which justify regulatory intervention into the market. The analysis is prompted by a discussion … of the cost characteristics of the Internet, which could be the source of monopolistic bottlenecks in Internet services …
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FCC order imposing a limited form of net neutrality on US broadband Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The regulatory …
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The importance of connectivity is growing across the world as the need for access to information and communication technologies is becoming more important for economic development. This paper presents the concept of the connectivity frontier as the expected achievable level of commercially...
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heterogeneous entrants in internet access markets, as we consider both other telecom and cable TV operators as entrants. In the …
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heterogeneous entrants in internet access markets, as we consider both other telecom and cable TV operators as entrants. In the …
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heterogeneous entrants in internet access markets, as we consider both other telecom and cable TV operators as entrants. In the …
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The "net neutrality" principle has triggered a heated debate and advocates have proposed policy interventions. In this paper, we provide perspective by framing issues in terms of the positive economic factors at work. We stress the incentives of market participants, and highlight the economic...
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investigate this role in the context of the internet backbone, the worldwide network of undersea fiber-optic cables that underpins … the internet. We specify a model of inter-regional bandwidth demand and cable operators’ dynamic entry and supply choices …
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