Title :
The regulation of leased lines
Author :
Sutherland, Ewan
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO
Abstract :
Leased lines from the premises of corporations to the points of presence of service providers are a key economic input to their business models. There has been a scries of complaints from new entrant operators around the world, that they are being disadvantaged in their access to this essential facility and that discrimination of various forms is commonplace. Examples of both complaints and regulations are given from the United States of America, the Republic of South Africa, Singapore and the United Kingdom. Conclusions arc drawn and policy recommendations are made.
Keywords :
internetworking; intranets; wide area networks; business economics; corporate network; internetworking; leased line regulation; wide area network; Africa; Circuits; FCC; History; Internetworking; Investments; Regulators; Telephony; Virtual private networks; Wide area networks; Business economics; Internetworking; Regulators; Wide Area Networks;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunication Techno-Economics, 2007. CTTE 2007. 6th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Helsinki
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1232-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1233-4
DOI :
10.1109/CTTE.2007.4389902
