Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) is often considered a substitute for basic cable service, but current cable subscribers may face substantial switching costs to move from cable to DBS services. We use aggregate firm-level price data and other related demographic variables to examine the cost of...

For international Internet service, indicators of this second type are difficult to obtain. In the long run, developing such reliable information will inform international debates about the Internet. In this paper, we focus on one such indicator autonomous system numbers (ASN). The number of...