Growth in the 'New Economy': U.S. Bandwidth Use and Pricing Across the 1990s

19 Pages Posted: 15 Sep 2000

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Douglas A. Galbi

Federal Communications Commission

Date Written: July 9, 2000

Abstract

An acceleration in the growth of communications bandwidth in use and a rapid reduction in bandwidth prices have not accompanied the U.S. economy's strong performance in the second half of the 1990s. Overall U.S. bandwidth in use has grown robustly throughout the 1990s, but growth has not significantly accelerated in the second half of 1990s. Average prices for U.S. bandwidth in use have fallen little in nominal terms in the second half of the 1990s. Policy makers and policy analysts should recognize that institutional change, rather than more competitors of established types, appears to be key to dramatic improvements in bandwidth growth and prices. Such a development could provide a significant additional impetus to aggregate growth and productivity.

Keywords: bandwidth, telecommunications, productivity, new economy, leased lines, pricing

JEL Classification: L96, O47, L5

Suggested Citation

Galbi, Douglas, Growth in the 'New Economy': U.S. Bandwidth Use and Pricing Across the 1990s (July 9, 2000). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=238341 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.238341

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