Understanding why universal service obligations may be unnecessary: The private development of local Internet access markets

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2-26

  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: 34447093856     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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