Universal access and local internet markets in the US

被引：24

作者：

Downes, T ^{[1
]}

Greenstein, S

机构：

[1] Tufts Univ, Dept Econ, Medford, MA 02155 USA

[2] Northwestern Univ, Kellogg Grad Sch Management, Evanston, IL 60208 USA

来源：

RESEARCH POLICY | 2002年 / 31卷 / 07期

关键词：

Internet; universal service; geographic diffusion; telecommunications;

D O I：

10.1016/S0048-7333(01)00177-9

中图分类号：

C93 [管理学];

学科分类号：

12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;

摘要：

Concern over the potential need to redefine universal service to account for Internet-related services motivates this study of the geographic spread of commercial Internet service providers (ISPs), the leading suppliers of Internet access in the US. The paper characterizes the location of 40,000 access points, local phone numbers offered by commercial ISPs, in the Fall of 1997. Markets differ widely in their structure, from competitive to unserved. Over 92% of the US population has easy access to a competitive commercial Internet access market, while approximately 4.5% of the US population has costly access. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1035 / 1052

页数：18