Explaining internet connectivity

Information Society

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 353-366

  Mah, Daniel C H ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Steptoe & Johnson LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

Early telephone industry; Instant messaging; Interconnection regulation; Internet; Network effects; Network externalities; Network interconnection; Online services

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644495559     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240500253558     Document Type: Review

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