Universal access and local internet markets in the US

Research Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1035-1052

  Downes, Tom ^a   Greenstein, Shane ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic diffusion; Internet; Telecommunications; Universal service

Indexed keywords

EID: 31244435603     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(01)00177-9     Document Type: Article

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