Differentiation Across Standards and Adoption Failure in 56K Modems

Topics:
Electrical and Electronic
Tags:
56K Modem,
Quality,
Modems,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs),
Internet Service Provider,
Internet,
Hardware,
Components,
Business Services,
Business Operations,
...
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Overview: This paper studies the role of Internet Service Providers in the 56K standards war. 56K modems were introduced under two competing incompatible standards. The paper shows the importance of competition between Internet Service Providers in the adoption process. It shows that ISP's were less likely to adopt the technology that more competitors adopted. This result is particularly striking given that industry participants expected coordination on one standard or the other. This paper speculates about the role of ISP differentiation in preventing the market from achieving standardization until a government organization intervened.

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Format: PDF | Size: 606KB | Date: Feb 2004 | Pages: 42

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