| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| Broadband: Should We Regulate High-Speed Internet Access? | |
| Robert W. Crandall; James H. Alleman | |
| 发表日期 | 2002 |
| 出版年 | 2002 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Economists are now beginning to recognize that the “new economy” could have a pronounced effect on economic growth. There is still great debate about how large this effect will be and what form it will take. At the center of the new economy is the Internet. One of the critical policy issues facing the country is how to regulate the Internet, particularly the delivery of high-speed, or “broadband,” services. In this volume, experts examine the economic potential of broadband and evaluate different approaches to its regulation. Broadband could be a key driver in the economy for both consumers and businesses. It is likely to provide new ways for consumers to acquire information, enjoy audio and video entertainment, monitor remote locations, receive medical care, and engage in business transactions. In addition, broadband could provide businesses with new opportunities to reduce their costs and to reach consumers with products and services. These benefits are likely to be very large as broadband spreads over the nation’s households. Some research suggests potential economic benefits of hundreds of billions of dollars annually. There is no guarantee, however, that the full potential of broadband services will be realized. The success of this new service depends on whether the firms that must make huge investments to develop networks have the opportunities to earn returns commensurate with the risks they face. Firms making such investments operate in the highly regulated communications sector. Telephone and cable companies have been subject to regulation by federal, state, and even local authorities for decades. The regulation of broadband poses challenges for countries around the world. A central policy question is whether different providers of broadband services should be regulated differently, as is currently the case in the United States, where broadband services are provided by phone companies, cable companies, and satellite services under very different regulatory regimes. The degree and type of regulation that communications companies face in the delivery of new broadband services could play an important role in determining whether they can earn adequate returns on the investments required to deliver these services. This collection of essays provides a state-of-the-art analysis of the economics of broadband. It is the result of a conference held by the AEIBrookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies on October 4–5, 2001, and also includes two essays presented at a later conference at Columbia University. The scholars who participated in these conferences reflected diverse points of view. Some saw broadband as a relatively unimportant phenomenon, while others thought it would be quite significant. Some believed that the form of regulation was not critical to the rate of diffusion of broadband, while others thought that regulation could have a substantial impact on the rate of diffusion. Click here to view the full paper as an Adobe Acrobat PDF. |
| 主题 | Technology and Innovation |
| 标签 | broadband ; internet |
| URL | https://www.aei.org/research-products/working-paper/broadband-should-we-regulate-high-speed-internet-access/ |
| 来源智库 | American Enterprise Institute (United States) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/206783 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Robert W. Crandall,James H. Alleman. Broadband: Should We Regulate High-Speed Internet Access?. 2002. |
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