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Broadband is a key enabler of the information society, increasing
productivity and competitiveness across all sectors of the economy.
Unlike traditional n- rowband connections, broadband provides high
speed, always-on connections to the Internet and supports
innovative content and services. Direct consumer welfare gains from
mass-market adoption of broadband across the EU could easily reach
50 billion euros or more per annum. This is quite apart from the
more profound societal shifts that ubiquitous broadband could
bring. It may allow the individual to distribute content and ideas
independent of traditional media and bring together communities of
interest without regard to borders. Public policy for broadband
will have a big impact on whether and how quickly these bene?ts are
realised. Getting policy right could bring large bene?ts for
consumers, ?rms and the economy at large; getting policy wrong
risks s- ?ing both the rollout of broadband and new innovative
services, and thus the realisation of the EU's e-Europe vision. In
this book, we focus on the residential market for broadband access
in EU countries, analysing the current and prospective level of
competition and dr- ing implications for public policy. A key aim
is to understand better the relative importance of facilities-based
and access-based provision in fostering com- tition and promoting
take-up of broadband services.
Broadband is a key enabler of the information society, increasing
productivity and competitiveness across all sectors of the economy.
Unlike traditional n- rowband connections, broadband provides high
speed, always-on connections to the Internet and supports
innovative content and services. Direct consumer welfare gains from
mass-market adoption of broadband across the EU could easily reach
50 billion euros or more per annum. This is quite apart from the
more profound societal shifts that ubiquitous broadband could
bring. It may allow the individual to distribute content and ideas
independent of traditional media and bring together communities of
interest without regard to borders. Public policy for broadband
will have a big impact on whether and how quickly these bene?ts are
realised. Getting policy right could bring large bene?ts for
consumers, ?rms and the economy at large; getting policy wrong
risks s- ?ing both the rollout of broadband and new innovative
services, and thus the realisation of the EU's e-Europe vision. In
this book, we focus on the residential market for broadband access
in EU countries, analysing the current and prospective level of
competition and dr- ing implications for public policy. A key aim
is to understand better the relative importance of facilities-based
and access-based provision in fostering com- tition and promoting
take-up of broadband services.
National security decisionmaking under stress or crisis management
is something with which I have had some firsthand experience over
the course of my career in government service. Most relevant to the
topic of this edited volume is my tour of duty as U.S. Ambassador
in Beijing which began in May 1989-a month before Tiananmen of June
3 and 4. In my position as chief U.S. diplomat in China, I was an
actor and an observer-along with many dedicated and resourceful
U.S. Embassy personnel-to the events that constituted a case study
of Chinese communist crisis management. My colleagues and I were
witnesses to what, in my judgment, constituted one of the gravest
crises to the communists' control of China since 1949. We engaged
the Chinese leadership during this time of tension and precipitous
action.
This primer highlights both the strengths and the limitations of
benefit-cost analysis in the development, design, and
implementation of regulatory reform.
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