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Towards the information superhighway

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Ultimately the USA will have a universal broadband network (UBN). This report summarizes and comments on Bruce Egan's recent book, Information Superhighways, which addresses transitional problems. First, we need to know the extent to which consumers would value a UBN network. Who should bear the risks associated with massive infrastructure investments? Next, there are questions about whether demand-pull technological progress is also expected to reduce costs in the long run and to improve quality of service. Egan reminds us that some stakeholders will gain and some will lose during the 1990s. The regulatory policies adopted in the coming years will influence the pace and pattern of investment in advanced public communication networks in the USA. Egan argues that it is important that policy discourage fragmentation within the network.

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  • Lee, James K., 1993. "Towards the information superhighway," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 17(8), pages 631-635, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:17:y:1993:i:8:p:631-635
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