Keeping Up with Telecom: Convergence, Broadband, and Access.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 promised competition in local telephone markets and cable television services. This competition was expected to provide U.S. consumers with improved services and lower prices. Nonetheless, robust competition between entrenched, incumbent monopoly providers in cab...
| Publicado en: | Public Management (00333611) Vol. 84; no. 6; pp. 6 - 12 |
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International City
July 2002
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