- Introduction
- Abbreviations
- I. Analytical Framework
- 1. Introduction
- Positive Results of the Decentralized Process
- Potential Benefits of a Decentralized Policy Process
- Plan of the Book
- 2. Perspectives on the Policy Process
- Blackstone versus Bentham
- Landis versus Stigler
- Information Economics and Transaction Costs
- Preferences and Principles
- 3. A Model of the Decentralized Policy Process
- The Coordination of Decentralized Public Policy and of Scientific Research
- The Structure of the Decentralized Policy Model
- Examples of the Decentralized Policy Model
- 4. Institutions of Telecommunication Policy
- The Communications Act of 1934
- The Structure of the FCC
- Non-FCC Policy Institutions
- 5. Economic Characteristics of the Telecommunication Industry
- The Development of Telephone Monopoly
- Regulation and the Sharing of Toll Revenue
- The 1956 Consent Decree
- Interconnection and the Network Externality
- 1. Introduction
- II. The Development of Competition
- 6. Competition in Terminal Equipment
- Hush-A-Phone
- Carterfone
- Protective Connecting Arrangements
- Opposition to Terminal Competition
- Computer II and Detariffing
- 7. Initial Long Distance Competition
- Bulk Private Service: “Above 890”
- MCI Initial Application
- Specialized Common Carrier Competition
- 8. Interconnection and Long Distance Competition
- The Private Line Interconnection Controversy
- AT&T’s Rate Response to Private Line Competition
- Execunet and Switched Services Competition
- Interconnection Charges: ENFIA
- Competition under the ENFIA Agreement
- 6. Competition in Terminal Equipment
- III. Structural Boundaries
- 9. The Divestiture
- The Consumer Communications Reform Act
- The Antitrust Suit
- The Reagan Administration’s Perspectives
- The Divestiture Agreement
- Implementing the Divestiture
- 10. Access Charges: A Confusing Ten Billion Dollar Game
- The First Plan: Pre-Divestiture Agreement
- The 1982 Access Plan
- Separations Reform and High-Cost Subsidy
- 11. The Implementation of Access Charges
- Congressional Influence on Access Charges
- Initial Switched Access Charge
- Managed Competition for Political Perceptions
- Completion of the Access Charge Plan
- 9. The Divestiture
- IV. Alternatives to the Divestiture Model
- 12. The Dismantling of Structural Separation
- The Third Computer Inquiry
- The DOJ and the MFJ Information Services Restriction
- Judge Greene and the Information Services Restriction
- 13. Competition in Local Service
- Network Issues with Local Competition
- Local Competition and Interconnection
- 14. Price Caps and Regulatory Boundaries
- The First Plan: Bridge to Deregulation
- The Revised Plan: Better Regulation
- Political Issues in the AT&T Price Cap Plan
- The LEC Price Cap Plan
- 15. Conclusion
- The Evolution of Telecommunication Policy
- Fact Perceptions Incorporated into Policy
- Policy Goals
- 12. The Dismantling of Structural Separation
- Notes
- Index
Telecommunication Policy for the Information Age
From Monopoly to Competition
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Publication Date: 09/01/1998
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