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Tables of Contents for Competition and Deregulation in Telecommunications
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
vii
Acknowledgements
ix
Preface
xi
Introduction and Overview: The Promise of Deregulation
1
22
The Telecommunications Industry in the Age of Innovation
4
8
Lags in Introducing Competition, New Technology, and New Services in the U.S. Telecommunications Sector
12
4
Additional Consequences of Regulation-Induced Delay
16
7
Competition in Telecommunications Networks: Pricing and Interconnection
23
24
Pricing Interconnection
25
1
Markets, Efficiency, and Prices
26
2
Access Policies and Regulated Competition
28
7
The Telecommunications Act of 1996: Federal and State Roles
35
5
Rate-Structure Reform and the States
40
3
Living With Regulatory Obligations and the Existing Price Structure
43
2
Conclusion
45
2
The Dilemma of Universal Service
47
26
A Brief History of Universal Service
48
4
The Telecommunications Act of 1996: Expanding Universal Service
52
3
The Rulemaking Process Since February 1996
55
4
Expansion of Services in the Contemporary Marketplace
59
2
Universal Service for the Twenty-first Century: The Case for a Limited Program
61
5
A Modest Universal-Service Program
66
5
Conclusion
71
2
Toward A More Rapid and Fundamental Deregulation of Telecommunications
73
24
The Stifling of Competition by Current Regulatory Policy
73
6
Additional Means to Achieve More Rapid Deregulation
79
10
The Role of the States
89
3
Thinking the Unthinkable: Sunsetting Regulation
92
3
Conclusion
95
2
Endnotes
97
16
Index
113