The telecommunications challenge : changing technologies and evolving policies : measuring and sustaining the new economy : report of a symposium / Committee on the Telecommunications Challenge: Changing Technologies and Evolving Policies, Committee on Measuring and Sustaining the New Economy, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council ; Charles W. Wessner, editor.

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Proceedings -- Introduction / Dale W. Jorgenson -- Overview: "The end of stovepiping" / William J. Raduchel -- Technological change and economic opportunity: the view from the Federal Communications Commission / Peter A. Tenhula -- Panel I: New technology trends and implications / moderator: Mark B. Myers -- The record to date: quality-adjusted prices for equipment / Mark E. Doms -- Technology trends, emerging standards, and their impact / Jeffrey M. Jaffe -- Four futures for the network / David S. Isenberg -- Panel II: The broadband opportunity: what needs to be done? / moderator: Kenneth Flamm -- The broadband problem: market failures and policy dilemmas / Charles H. Ferguson -- The broadband challenge: a telecom perspective / Mark A. Wegleitner -- A paradigm challenge: municipally owned fiber / H. Brian Thompson -- The wireless wildcard / David Lippke -- U.S. cable: bringing the bits home / Mike LaJoie -- Panel III: The waterfall effects / moderator: Cherry A. Murray -- Moving computing to the grid / Michael R. Nelson -- Is VoIP the future? / Louis Mamakos -- Digital entertainment / Andrew Schuon -- Serving consumers on broadband / Lisa A. Hook -- The view from the copyright industry / Steven J. Metalitz -- Panel IV: Participants' roundtable / moderator: Dale W. Jorgenson ; David S. Isenberg, Lisa A. Hook, Jeffrey M. Jaffe, Andrew Schuon, William J. Raduchel -- Concluding remarks / Dale W. Jorgenson.

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