Notes
1. Economist.com, ‘‘Italy: History in Brief,’’ May 31, 2007, http://www.economist.com/countries/
Italy/profile.cfm?folder=History%20in%20brief.
2. Reporters Without Borders, ‘‘Gasparri Law Finally Adopted,’’ April 30, 2004, http://www.rsf
.org/article.php3?id_article=8695.
3. Reporters Without Borders, ‘‘Italy: Annual Report 2007,’’ http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id
_article=20816.
4. International Telecommunications Union (ITU), ‘‘Internet Indicators: Subscribers, Users, and
Broadband Subscribers,’’ 2008, http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/icteye/Reporting/ShowReportFrame.aspx
?ReportName=/WTI/InformationTechnologyPublic&RP_intYear=2008&RP_intLanguageID=1.
5. Francesco Bricolo, Douglas A. Gentile, Rachel L. Smelser, and Giovanni Serpelloni, ‘‘Use of the
Computer and Internet among Italian Families: First National Study,’’ CyberPsychology and Behavior, December 1, 2007, http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/cpb.2007.9952.
6. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, ‘‘Country Statistical Profiles 2008:
Italy,’’ http://stats.oecd.org/wbos/viewhtml.aspx?queryname=469&querytype=view&lang=en.
7. Telecom Italia, ‘‘Chronology: 1990s,’’ http://www.telecomitalia.com/cgi-bin/tiportale/TIPortale/
ep/contentView.do?tabId=1&pageTypeId=-8661&LANG=EN&channelId=-9751&programId=9434
&programPage=/ep/TIgruppo/editorial_cronologia.jsp&contentId=19371&contentType=EDITORIAL.
8. Telecom Italia, ‘‘Group: Business,’’ http://www.telecomitalia.com/cgi-bin/tiportale/TIPortale/
ep/browse.do?channelId=-8881&LANG=EN&channelPage=%2Fep%2FTIgruppo%2FTIbusiness.jsp
&tabId=1&pageTypeId=-8661.
9. Courtney Walsh, ‘‘Swisscom Gobbles Up FastWeb,’’ BusinessWeek, March 12, 2007, http://
www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/mar2007/gb20070312_255630.htm; J.D. Power and
Associates Reports, ‘‘FastWeb Ranks Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Broadband Internet
Service Providers in Italy for a Second Consecutive Year,’’ December 17, 2007, http://www.jdpower
.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2007302.
10. Orascom Telecom, ‘‘About Us,’’ http://www.orascomtelecom.com/about/Contents/default
.aspx?ID=765.
11. Italy ISPs for Country Code þ39, http://www.thelist.com/countrycode/39/.
12. ‘‘Broadband: Italy,’’ SocialText, http://www.socialtext.net/broadband/index.cgi?italy.
13. WebUpon, ‘‘Internet Service Provider (ISP) Tiers and Peering,’’ December 21, 2008, http://www
.webupon.com/Services/Internet-Service-Provider-isp-Tiers-and-Peering.408773.
14. European Internet Exchange Association, ‘‘Euro-IX Member IXPs,’’ https://www.euro-ix.net/
member/m/ixp/list.
15. Theta Pavis, ‘‘Euros Catching Up with Net,’’ Wired, April 7, 2000, http://www.wired.com/
politics/law/news/2000/04/35474?currentPage=1.
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1. Economist.com, ‘‘Italy: History in Brief,’’ May 31, 2007, http://www.economist.com/countries/
Italy/profile.cfm?folder=History%20in%20brief.
2. Reporters Without Borders, ‘‘Gasparri Law Finally Adopted,’’ April 30, 2004, http://www.rsf
.org/article.php3?id_article=8695.
3. Reporters Without Borders, ‘‘Italy: Annual Report 2007,’’ http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id
_article=20816.
4. International Telecommunications Union (ITU), ‘‘Internet Indicators: Subscribers, Users, and
Broadband Subscribers,’’ 2008, http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/icteye/Reporting/ShowReportFrame.aspx
?ReportName=/WTI/InformationTechnologyPublic&RP_intYear=2008&RP_intLanguageID=1.
5. Francesco Bricolo, Douglas A. Gentile, Rachel L. Smelser, and Giovanni Serpelloni, ‘‘Use of the
Computer and Internet among Italian Families: First National Study,’’ CyberPsychology and Behavior, December 1, 2007, http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/cpb.2007.9952.
6. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, ‘‘Country Statistical Profiles 2008:
Italy,’’ http://stats.oecd.org/wbos/viewhtml.aspx?queryname=469&querytype=view&lang=en.
7. Telecom Italia, ‘‘Chronology: 1990s,’’ http://www.telecomitalia.com/cgi-bin/tiportale/TIPortale/
ep/contentView.do?tabId=1&pageTypeId=-8661&LANG=EN&channelId=-9751&programId=9434
&programPage=/ep/TIgruppo/editorial_cronologia.jsp&contentId=19371&contentType=EDITORIAL.
8. Telecom Italia, ‘‘Group: Business,’’ http://www.telecomitalia.com/cgi-bin/tiportale/TIPortale/
ep/browse.do?channelId=-8881&LANG=EN&channelPage=%2Fep%2FTIgruppo%2FTIbusiness.jsp
&tabId=1&pageTypeId=-8661.
9. Courtney Walsh, ‘‘Swisscom Gobbles Up FastWeb,’’ BusinessWeek, March 12, 2007, http://
www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/mar2007/gb20070312_255630.htm; J.D. Power and
Associates Reports, ‘‘FastWeb Ranks Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Broadband Internet
Service Providers in Italy for a Second Consecutive Year,’’ December 17, 2007, http://www.jdpower
.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2007302.
10. Orascom Telecom, ‘‘About Us,’’ http://www.orascomtelecom.com/about/Contents/default
.aspx?ID=765.
11. Italy ISPs for Country Code þ39, http://www.thelist.com/countrycode/39/.
12. ‘‘Broadband: Italy,’’ SocialText, http://www.socialtext.net/broadband/index.cgi?italy.
13. WebUpon, ‘‘Internet Service Provider (ISP) Tiers and Peering,’’ December 21, 2008, http://www
.webupon.com/Services/Internet-Service-Provider-isp-Tiers-and-Peering.408773.
14. European Internet Exchange Association, ‘‘Euro-IX Member IXPs,’’ https://www.euro-ix.net/
member/m/ixp/list.
15. Theta Pavis, ‘‘Euros Catching Up with Net,’’ Wired, April 7, 2000, http://www.wired.com/
politics/law/news/2000/04/35474?currentPage=1.
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