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There can be no doubt that the FANG companies – Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google, as well as Twitter – have transformed society since their emergence. Like all social transformations, the changes wrought by their services have had ripple effects that are both positive and negative. On...
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understand the value of network neutrality to European consumers, one first has to explore the role that the Internet plays in … consumers' lives. We find that whilst the Internet has become very important to the majority of consumers across the four test … some extent on the quality of Internet access available in the specific country. Consumers usually find being able to …
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Alternative telecommunications operators have continuously invested in their own infrastructure in recent years. After more than a decade since liberalization, competitive conditions have substantially changed, especially in urban areas. European regulatory authorities have acknowledged this...
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This paper presents a techno-economic analysis to evaluate the feasibility of a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) radio access network to provide fixed wireless 30 Mbps broadband access services in the rural areas of Spain. The results are compared to those of Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) technology and...
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This paper models competition between two firms, which provide broadband In-ternet access in regional markets with …
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requires "equal" treatment for all Internet traffic, should be considered only as a means of improving broadband rather than as …
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Access to the Internet through broadband technologies has become a widely available, but not uniformly over space …. Spatially-dispersed economic actors have lower Internet penetration rates, either out of choice or lack of local availability … specific sector of spatially-dispersed economic entrepreneurs. A majority of farms had Internet access, but only 1/3 of all …
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