Universal service from the bottom up: A study of telephone penetration in camden, new jersey

Information Society

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-292

  Mueller, Milton L ^a   Schement, Jorge Reina ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Service; Telecommunications policy; Telephone; Telephone penetration; Universal service

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030519484     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019722496129468     Document Type: Article

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