Waiting for broadband: Local competition and the spatial distribution of advanced telecommunication services in the United States

Growth and Change

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-165

  Grubesic, Tony H ^a   Murray, Alan T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND DATA; INTERNET; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042815578     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0017-4815.2004.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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