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Quality and Reliability of Telecommunications Infrastructure (Paperback)
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Quality and Reliability of Telecommunications Infrastructure (Paperback)
Series: LEA Telecommunications Series
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In the last decade, the technology, regulation, and industry
structure of our information infrastructure (telephone services,
cable and broadcast television, and myriad new data and information
services) have changed dramatically. Since the break-up of
AT&T's Bell System monopoly, telephone services in the United
States are no longer purchased from a single firm. Advances in
fiber optics, wireless communications and software-controlled
switching are changing how communication services are provided. As
the global economy grows more dependent on a hybrid mix of
interconnected networks, public officials in the US and abroad are
relinquishing control of the market. All of these changes are
affecting the quality and reliability of the telecommunications
infrastructure, but informed discussions of the public policy and
economic issues are scarce. Deregulation and increased competition
have lowered prices, but have service quality and reliability
suffered? Do advanced network technologies which make it possible
to offer a dizzying array of new services increase vulnerability to
system-wide failures? Who should or is likely to bear the costs of
increased -- or decreased -- service quality? This volume tackles
the economic and public policy issues raised by these difficult
questions for an audience of industry executives, scholars, and
policymakers. Leading scholars and analysts examine such issues as
the effects of network ownership on incentives to invest in quality
improvements and/or strategies for quality-differentiated pricing
in tomorrow's broadband, integrated networks. They analyze the
quality of current telecommunications networks and the impact of
re-regulation on cable television quality. The contributions range
from new microeconomic theory to new empirical research. As such,
the volume makes a valuable contribution to the public debate on
network quality and reliability. It will be useful both as an
introduction to newcomers and as a resource for more experienced
researchers. As regulatory, industry and national barriers to
integrated communications fall, these issues are likely to become
even more important. The research presented here provides a solid
foundation for further discussion.
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