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dc.contributor.authorDownes, Tomen
dc.contributor.authorGreenstein, Shane Men
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-13T08:26:10Z-
dc.date.available2010-08-13T08:26:10Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/38647-
dc.description.abstractThis study analyzes the geographic spread of commercial Internet Service Providers (ISPs), the leading suppliers of Internet access. The geographic spread of ISPs is a key consideration in U.S. policy for universal access. We examine the Fall of 1998, a time of minimal government subsidy, when inexpensive access was synonymous with a local telephone call to an ISP. Population size and location in a metropolitan statistical area were the single most important determinants of entry, but their effects on national, regional and local firms differed, especially on the margin. The thresholds for entry were remarkably low for local firms. Universal service in less densely-populated areas was largely a function of investment decisions by ISPs with local focus. There was little trace of the early imprint of government subsidies for Internet access at major U.S. universities.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aNorthwestern University, Center for the Study of Industrial Organization (CSIO) |cEvanston, ILen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCSIO Working Paper |x0082en
dc.subject.jelI10en
dc.subject.jelL86en
dc.subject.jelL96en
dc.subject.jelR11en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordInterneten
dc.subject.keyworduniversal serviceen
dc.subject.keywordgeographic diffusionen
dc.subject.keywordtelecommunicationsen
dc.titleUnderstanding why universal service obligations may be unnecessary: The private development of local internet access markets-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn574936688en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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