Competition and compatibility among Internet Service Providers

@article{Foros2001CompetitionAC,
  title={Competition and compatibility among Internet Service Providers},
  author={{\O}ystein Foros and Bj{\o}rn Hansen},
  journal={Inf. Econ. Policy},
  year={2001},
  volume={13},
  pages={411-425},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:24402565}
}
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