 patterns, overviews, 158-60 universal service levies, 166 Court cases: cable modem regulation, 30; Fiber-optic facilities, 73, 130-31, 145, 159 FCC and long-distance regulation, 2, 7-8; Financial information. See Capital spending; unbundling provisions, 10, 11-12, 60, 63 Revenues; Stock market values Court of Appeals, U.S., 11, 60, 63 Finland, 140, 151 Index France, 151 Italy, 151, 153, 171 France Telecom, 143, 152 IXC, 73 Germany, 139, 149, 151-52 J. D. Power and Associates, 103 Global Crossing, 79, 88, 93, 155 Jackson, Charles, 126 Greece, 148 Japan: broadband services, 117, 129-30, Gross domestic product, telecom sector, 154-55; capital spending, 151, 153; 19-23 privatization overview, 133, 143-44; rate GT Group, 135-36 structures, 143, 149 Japan Telecom, 144 Hanaro, 145 Hazlett, Thomas, 122 Korea, 117, 129-30, 144-46, 149, 154-55 High speed services. See Broadband services Korea Telecom, 145 Household telephone spending, 25-26, 68, Kosmidis, Michelle, 129 Hybrid fiber-coaxial cable, 113-14 Labor productivity, telecom sector, 22-23, 56-57 ILECs. See Incumbent local exchange carriers LAN technologies, 115 (ILECs) Legal rulings. See Court cases Illinois, line lease costs, 34 Lemley, Mark, 125 Incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs): Lessig, Lawrence, 125 access line decline, 59-60, 95; "Line-sharing" requirement, 11, 126-27 deregulation provisions, 9-13, 121, LMDS (local multipoint distribution 126-27; non-Bell companies performance, services), 114 72-73; revenues, 43, 65, 68-69; stock Local loops. See Network unbundling market values, 32, 161-63. See also Bell Local multipoint distribution services companies (incumbent); Local services (LMDS), 114 Interconnection rates, deregulation Local services: access line growth, 35-40, provisions, 12, 15 59-60, 95; Canada, 134-35; capital International comparisons: broadband spending, 18, 40-41, 152; deregulation services, 117, 129-30, 149-50, 155; intent, 9-13, 33, 60-61, 157-58; entry Canada overview, 133-37; capital barriers and strategies, 31-35, 36-40; spending, 1