How has innovative and competitive behavior in computing and Internet markets evolved over the past half-century? In … many of the same economic terms. In the second section, I closely examine the US commercial Internet experience in the 1990 …s. While the peculiar events that led to the invention of the commercial Internet explain some of the salient and unique …

This paper analyzes the extent to which the Internet's global domain name resolution (DNS) system has preserved its …

This paper analyzes the extent to which the Internet's global domain name resolution (DNS) system has preserved its …

The effect of a commercialized Internet on American business, from the boom in e-commerce and adjustments by bricks …Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- I Introduction -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Internet before … Commercialization -- II Internet Technologies Seeking a Business Model -- 3 Innovation and the Evolution of Market Structure for …

This Economic Letter summarizes research finding that the use of basic internet technology is widely dispersed among … both urban and rural locations. Moreover, although advanced internet technology was adopted most rapidly in large urban … areas, the research finds that much (but not all) of the apparent "digital divide" in internet use can be explained by the …

This study analyzes the geographic spread of commercial Internet Service Providers (ISPs), the leading suppliers of … Internet access. The geographic spread of ISPs is a key consideration in U.S. policy for universal access. We examine the Fall … by ISPs with local focus. There was little trace of the early imprint of government subsidies for Internet access at …

This study analyzes the geographic spread of commercial Internet Service Providers (ISPs), the leading suppliers of … Internet access. The geographic spread of ISPs is a key consideration in U.S. policy for universal access. We examine the Fall … by ISPs with local focus. There was little trace of the early imprint of government subsidies for Internet access at …

This study analyzes the service offerings of Internet Service Providers (ISPs), the commercial suppliers of Internet … access in the United States. It presents data on the services of 2089 ISPs in the summer of 1998. By this time, the Internet … paper develops an Internet access industry product code which classifies these services. Significant heterogeneity across …