Interconnection Payments in Telecommunications: A Competitive Market Approach
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Gabel, David
Date Issued
July 22, 2002
Abstract
In this paper, we first discuss the concept of "Bill-and-Keep" whereby the party that receives a
call pays for receiving the call. We explore if this outcome is efficient and consistent with
competitive markets. Following the discussion of Bill-and-Keep we offer an explanation of why
the flow of traffic has been imbalanced between incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) and
competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs). We explain that this outcome is the natural
outcome of the barriers to entry created by the incumbents in their refusal to provide collocation
to internet service providers (ISPs).
Subjects
Bill and Keep
competitive market
telecommunications
Internet service providers
call
interconnection payments
local exchange carriers
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