From Switches to Packets
The New World of Interconnection
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13106239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brendan M Cunningham (corresponding author), Peter J Alexander (0000-0002-4957-9012) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Pages | 273-286 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Information Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2381-5892 • E-ISSN: 2158-3897 |
| Publisher | The Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5325/jinfopoli.2.2012.0273 |
| OpenAlex | W2754743309 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
As the telecommunications market transitions from POTS to VoIP, interconnection plays a key role. How will migration from a termination regime to a peering regime impact carriers and subscribers? Cunningham and Alexander model the potential results under conditions of both traffic symmetry and asymmetry. Competition for subscribers, they find, is the key factor in holding interconnection costs down, although possibly increasing prices for subscribers. Under symmetry, this may ultimately increase firms' profits. Under asymmetry, some firms will lose profits. The consequences of this may be somewhat offset by public policies. This has implications for universal service, antitrust law, and network neutrality
Business · Competition (biology · Computer security · Industrial organization · Interconnection · Key (lock · Neutrality · Offset (computer science · Peering · Political science · Telecommunications · The Internet · Universal service · Voice over IP · Computer Science · Digital Platforms and Economics · ICT Impact and Policies · Law · Merger and Competition Analysis
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |