Dark clouds over the Internet?

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 144-154

  Prüfer, Jens ^a   Jahn, Eric ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capacity paradox; Industry analysis and outlook; Internet backbone market; Internet regulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PUBLIC POLICY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

CAPACITY PARADOX; INTERNET BACKBONE MARKET; INTERNET REGULATION;

INTERNET;

EID: 34147109799     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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