Telecommunications Competition: The Last Ten MilesThe last ten miles - the local and short distance telecommunications markets - of the telecommunications industry where competition is still held back are the target of this study. The authors argue that more competitive conditions are inevitable because of developing technological, market, and regulatory factors. In this book they review all the current information a communications analyst should know about telecommunications technology and network structure and their relationship to the evolution of the local market. They also explain the regulatory landscape and policy logic surrounding the local market, and include a case study of the British experience with local market regulation. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Local Telecommunications Landscape | 9 |
Network Technology and the Demand for Access | 37 |
Copyright | |
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access charges access services allocation Ameritech AT&T Bell operating companies bottleneck BT's cable television calls carriers CC Dkt cellular central office Communications competitive access providers competitors cross-subsidies customers economies of scope end users enhanced services providers entrants entry equipment exchange expanded interconnection facilities facilities-based FCC's federal fiber-optic firms incremental cost incumbent LEC intelligent network interconnection agreements interconnection charges interexchange interface interLATA interstate intraLATA intrastate issues IXCs LEC network LEC's license long-distance services natural monopoly network services Notice of Proposed NYNEX OFTEL percent physical collocation plans point of presence price-cap regulation Proposed Rulemaking public service obligations rate structure regional Bell operating regulatory resale residential retail rule special access subscribers supra note switched access tandem switch TELECOMM Telecommunications Act telecommunications markets telecommunications services telephone services termination traffic transport universal service virtual collocation wholesale