This study intends: to clarify the various economic factors that could prevent or make it difficult for new entrants based on multiple platforms (i.e., xDSL, Cable modem, wireless, BPL, and satellite) to successfully enter the residential broadband access market; to compare the U.S. and South...

This dissertation investigates the entry and exit dynamics on the local telephone market and the cable television markets. An important feature pertaining to the study of these markets is the large amount of capital investment in building local telephone networks or cable television system...