The broadband Internet access market: The changing role of ISPs

Gorp, Annemijn F. van; Maitland, Carleen; Hanekop, Heidemarie

doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2005.05.009

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“…Technological mediation as a singular concept originates from Greenstein's industrial organization research which examined internet markets and the central role ISPs play in bridging emerging internet technologies with their commercial contexts [7][8][9]. These new technologies often offer a host of potential benefits, yet those benefits are in need of 'translation' to the commercial context, a task fulfilled by "technological mediators" [8,24]. Technological mediators are organizations that work to adapt technologies from engineering, lab-based settings to a particular commercial context.…”

Section: Background and Theory 21 Technological Mediationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There have been empirical examinations of technological mediation, most notably Van Gorp et al examination of technological mediation in ISPs and their broadband service markets via mixedmethods approach (national case study and international survey) [24]. A common thread through empirical approaches within the mediation literature is a 'black-boxing' of the mediation process.…”

Section: Background and Theory 21 Technological Mediationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…survey methods (e.g. [10,24]), cross-sectional interviews (e.g. [26]), and industrylevel data analyses (e.g.…”

Section: Background and Theory 21 Technological Mediationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There are at least two factors likely to have dynamic elements: 1) the evocative impacts of accruing experience with a technology, and 2) the evolution of regulatory conditions surrounding that technology. While these temporal notions are somewhat represented within the Van Gorp et al model of technological mediation via 'experience' as a firm-specific factor, this concept was operationalized via a single survey item measuring the number of years providing internet access service [24] and is a shallow notion of experience. The lack of primacy to this dimension limits the ability for the model to take into account the dynamic nature of technological mediation.…”

Section: Technological Mediation Under Dynamic Conditionsmentioning

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Dynamics of technological mediation

Caneba

Maitland

2019

Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development

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Technological mediation provides a model for analyzing the role that internet service providers (ISPs) play in translating technologies from the "technological frontier" to their particular commercial context. Although its original conception defined three obstacles mediators encounter during this process (technical, commercial, and structural), how these obstacles unfold during mediation has yet to be fully investigated. Through an ethnographic case study with a small rural ISP, we deepen our understanding of this model, in particular the complex interplay between the dynamic technological environment and the experiences of the mediator. While innovation scholars know that commercial markets mature over time, this study illuminates how this process impacts the organizations who must adopt and localize these technologies. CCS CONCEPTS • Social and professional topics → Socio-technical systems; Broadband access; • Networks → Network management;

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Section: Background and Theory 21 Technological Mediationmentioning

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Section: Background and Theory 21 Technological Mediationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…survey methods (e.g. [10,24]), cross-sectional interviews (e.g. [26]), and industrylevel data analyses (e.g.…”

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Dynamics of technological mediation

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Maitland

2019

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“…In addition, adoption experiences may dier due to supply-side factors. High deployment costs, uncertainty, technological limitations and obstacles in securing access to infrastructure as well as local market conditions have meant that the broadband Internet service provider (ISP) market is often spatially fragmented (Greenstein, 2000;van Gorp et al, 2006). In eect, prospective adopters face dierent broadband access costs and choice of products depending on their location.…”

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Exploring geographic variation in corporate broadband adoption; evidence from Irish small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Pontikakis

Collins

2010

Telecommunications Policy

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We explore the context-specic determinants of broadband takeup among small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), attempting to shed some light on the sources of the considerable geographic variation in particular. We begin by discussing the determinants of broadband adoption as identied in relevant literature, relate these to the Irish situation and put forward a number of hypotheses. Using cross-section data from a ComReg survey of Irish-based SMEs, we then estimate a logit model of broadband adoption. Findings indicate that, among other factors, a company's industrial sector and other demand proxies are good predictors of broadband adoption. Controlling for other factors, regional market concentration appears to be negatively associated with the probability of broadband adoption. We propose that, in the absence of more detailed information, statistics on regional-level market structure could be a promising indicator of the supply-side.

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