Telecommunication Policy for the Information Age - From Monopoly to Competition (Paper) : From Monopoly to Competition

Acknowledgments ix(2) Abbreviations xi Part I Analytical Framework 3(76) 1 Introduction 3(8) Positive Results of the Decentralized Process 5(1) Potential Benefits of a Decentralized Policy Process 6(3) Plan of the Book 9(2) 2 Perspectives on the Policy Process 11(16) Blackstone versus Bentham 11(3) Landis Versus Stigler 14(6) Information Economics and Transaction Costs 20(2) Preferences and Principles 22(5) 3 A Model of the Decentralized Policy Process 27(22) The Coordination of Decentralized Public Policy and of Scientific Research 29(3) The Structure of the Decentralized Policy Model 32(8) Examples of the Decentralized Policy Model 40(9) 4 Institutions of Telecommunication Policy 49(12) The Communications Act of 1934 49(4) The Structure of the FCC 53(3) Non-FCC Policy Institutions 56(5) 5 Economic Characteristics of the Telecommunication Industry 61(18) The Development of Telephone Monopoly 63(3) Regulation and the Sharing of Toll Revenue 66(4) The 1956 Consent Decree 70(2) Interconnection and the Network Externality 72(7) Part II The Development of Competition 79(70) 6 Competition in Terminal Equipement 79(23) Hash-A-Phone 80(4) Carterfone 84(1) Protective Connecting Arrangements 85(3) Opposition to Terminal Competition 88(5) Computer II and Detariffing 93(9) 7 Initial Long Distance Competition 102(20) Bulk Private Service: "Above 890" 105(6) MCI Initial Application 111(5) Specialized Common Carrier Competition 116(6) 8 Interconnection and Long Distance Competition 122(27) The Private Line Interconnection Controversy 126(5) At XXX T's Rate Response to Private Line Competition 131(4) Execunet and Switched Services Competition 135(4) Interconnection Charges: ENFIA 139(2) Competition under the ENFIA Agreement 141(8) Part III Structural Boundaries 149(68) 9 The Divestiture 149(24) The Consumer Communications Reform Act 150(2) The Antitrust Suit 152(5) The Reagan Administration's Perspectives 157(4) The Divestiture Agreement 161(6) Implementing the Divestiture 167(6) 10 Access Charges: A Confusing Ten Billion Dollar Game 173(22) The First Plan: Pre-Divestiture Agreement 177(3) The 1982 Access Plan 180(9) Separations Reform and High-Cost Subsidy 189(6) 11 The Implementation of Access Charges 195(22) Congressional Influence on Access Charges 198(7) Initial Switched Access Charge 205(3) Managed Competition for Political Perceptions 208(3) Completion of the Access Charge Plan 211(6) Part IV Alternatives to the Divestiture Model 217(86) 12 The Dismantling of Structural Separation 217(26) The Third Computer Inquiry 221(7) The DOXXX and the MFXXX Information Services Restriction 228(2) Judge Greene and the Information Services Restriction 230(13) 13 Competition in Local Service 243(14) Network Issues with Local Competition 245(2) Local Competition and Interconnection 247(10) 14 Price Caps and Regulatory Boundaries 257(30) The First Plan: Bridge to Deregulation 263(2) The Revised Plan: Better Regulation 265(8) Political Issues in the AT XXX T Price Cap Plan 273(8) The LEC Price Cap Plan 281(6) 15 Conclusion 287(16) The Evolution of Telecommunication Policy 288(6) Fact Perceptions Incorporated into Policy 294(6) Policy Goals 300(3) Notes 303(14) Index 317