Growth in the "new economy": US bandwidth use and pricing across the 1990s

被引：4

作者：

Galbi, DA ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] FCC, Common Carrier Bur, Competit Pricing Div, Washington, DC 20554 USA

来源：

TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY | 2001年 / 25卷 / 1-2期

关键词：

bandwidth; new economy; telecommunications;

D O I：

10.1016/S0308-5961(00)00080-X

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

An acceleration in the growth of communications bandwidth in use and a rapid reduction in bandwidth prices have not accompanied the US economy's strong performance in the second half of the 1990s. Overall US bandwidth in use has grown robustly throughout the 1990s, but growth has not significantly accelerated in the second half of the 1990s. Average prices for US bandwidth in use have fallen little in nominal terms in the second half of the 1990s. Policy makers and policy analysts should recognize that institutional change, rather than more competitors of established types, appears to be key to dramatic improvements in bandwidth growth and prices. Such a development could provide a significant additional impetus to aggregate growth and productivity. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.

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