Who Pays for Universal Service? : When Telephone Subsidies Become Transparent.
In virtually every country, the price of residential access to the telephone network is kept low and cross-subsidized by business services, long distance calling, and various other telephone services. This pricing practice is widely defended as necessary to promote ""universal service, &qu...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Washington :
Brookings Institution Press,
2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Foreword; Table of Contents; Universal Service and Telecommunications Policy; Telephone Service versus Other Household Services; Who Pays for Telephone Service?; Universal"" Service in Other Regulated Sectors in the United States; Household Demand: Monthly Rates and ""Universal Service; Costs and Benefits of Traditional Universal Service Policies; The 1996 U.S. Telecommunication Act and Traditional Universal Service; The New (New) Universal Service; The Need for a More Focused Policy; Notes; Index; Back Cover