Trouble Reports as an Indicator of Service Quality: The Influence of Competition, Technology, and Regulation

Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 24, pp. 947-967, 2000

21 Pages Posted: 13 Feb 2012

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Trevor R. Roycroft

Ohio University - J. Warren McClure School of Communication Systems Management

Martha Garcia-Murillo

University of Nebraska at Omaha - College of Information Science & Technology

Date Written: January 12, 2000

Abstract

Network trouble reports provide a proxy measure of service quality and network reliability. This paper analyzes the influence of local competition, state-level regulation, new technologies, automation, and mergers on RBOC reports of network trouble. Service quality discrimination between residential and business customers is also analyzed. Results indicate that (1) service quality discrimination between business and residential customers in response to competition may be occurring, (2) alternative regulation plans have not led to systematic increases in network trouble, and (3) merger and technology have a consistent impact on repeat trouble.

Keywords: quality of service, network reliability, competition, alternative regulation

JEL Classification: H54, K23, L51, L15

Suggested Citation

Roycroft, Trevor R. and Garcia-Murillo, Martha A., Trouble Reports as an Indicator of Service Quality: The Influence of Competition, Technology, and Regulation (January 12, 2000). Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 24, pp. 947-967, 2000, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2004015

Trevor R. Roycroft

Ohio University - J. Warren McClure School of Communication Systems Management ( email )

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Martha A. Garcia-Murillo (Contact Author)

University of Nebraska at Omaha - College of Information Science & Technology ( email )

The Peter Kiewit Institute, PKI 172C
Omaha, NE 68182
United States

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