What's yours is mine open access and the rise of infrastructure socialism
Title:
What's yours is mine open access and the rise of infrastructure socialism
Author:
Thierer, Adam D.
ISBN:
9781933995755
9781597340700
9781281905727
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Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, c2003.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (v, 131 p.)
Contents:
Cover13; -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: OPEN ACCESS -- 1. The Case against Forced Access -- 2. Debunking 8216;8216;Natural Monopoly and 8216;8216;Essential Facility Rationales for Forced- Access Regulation -- 3. Why Network Proliferation Spells the End of the Essential Facilities Doctrine -- PART II: CASE STUDIES -- 4. Case Study 1: Open Access to the Electricity Grid -- 5. Case Study 2: Open Access to Local Telephone Networks -- 6. Case Study 3: Open Access to Broadband Services -- 7. Case Study 4: Must-Carry Mandates on Cable and Satellite Networks -- 8. Case Study 5: Open Access to Software -- PART III: CONCLUSION -- 9. What Really Protects Consumers and Network Reliability8212;Markets or Mandates? -- NOTES -- INDEX.
Abstract:
N What's Yours Is Mine: Open Access and the Rise of Infrastructure Socialism, authors Adam Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. examine the hazards of mandatory "open access"--A new trend in which hyper-regulatory bureaucrats and central planners are increasingly commanding technology companies and industry sectors to share networks, facilities, or specific technologies with rivals.
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