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Telecommunications Policy: Have Regulators Dialed the Wrong Number?
by Donald L. Alexander. 176 pgs.

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In this timely collection of essays, leading economic and communication scholars examine major policy issues confronting federal and state regulators in the telecommunications industry. The essays describe how past regulatory decisions have contributed to a growing tension between emerging competition and the preservation of specific social objectives like the continuance of universal service, and thus provide a unique perspective on the current public policy debates. Although each author discusses a different policy issue, the common theme in this volume is the compelling argument that past regulatory decisions, which were often motivated by political compromises rather than sound economic analysis, are the primary source of inefficiency that exists in the telecommunications industry today.

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CONTENTS

Illustrations

FOREWORD

1: INTRODUCTION

NOTES

INTRODUCTION

2: IS IT TIME TO ELIMINATE TELEPHONE REGULATION?

NOTES

INTRODUCTION

3: TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: A U.S. PERSPECTIVE

NOTES

4: IS THE "PUBLIC INTEREST" IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST?: THE BROADCAST LICENSE BARGAIN OF 1927

NOTES

5: THE FCC SPECTRUM AUCTIONS: AN EARLY ASSESSMENT

INTRODUCTION

CONCLUSION

NOTES

6: THE QUEST FOR UNIVERSAL TELEPHONE SERVICE: THE MISFORTUNES OF A MISSHAPEN POLICY

INTRODUCTION

CONCLUSION

NOTES

7: PRICE CAPS IN THE U.S. TELEPHONE INDUSTRY: How REAL Is REFORM?

INTRODUCTION

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX: SUMMARY OF SELECTED PRICE-CAP ADJUSTMENT MECHANISMS

APPENDIX: SUMMARY OF SELECTED PRICE-CAP ADJUSTMENT MECHANISMS

INDEX
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A Communication Theory Perspective on Telecommunications Policy, in Journal of Communication
by Edward M. Lenert. 21 pgs.

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Competition, Regulation, and Convergence: Current Trends in Telecommunications Policy Research
by Sharon Eisner Gillett, Ingo Vogelsang. 336 pgs.

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Authors

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

I Competition

1: Effecting a Price Squeeze Through Bundled Pricing

Conclusion

References

2: Combination Bidding in Spectrum Auctions

References

3: Regulating Anticompetitive Behavior in the Internet Market: An Applied Imputation Model

Introduction

Concluding Remarks

References

4: Trademarks and Domain Names: Property Rights and Institutional Evolution in Cyberspace

Conclusions and Analysis

References

Acknowledgments

II Regulation

5: An Economic Analysis of Telephone Number Portability

Conclusions

6: Promoting Telephone Competition--A Simpler Way

Conclusion

References

7: Telecommunication Regulation in the United States and Europe: The Case for Centralized Authority

Introduction

Conclusions

References

8: Operator, Please Give Me Information: The European Union Directive on Data Protection in Telecommunications

Conclusion

References

Acknowledgments

9: The Architectures of Mandated Access Controls

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

10: Beyond Infrastructure: A Critical Assessment of GII Initiatives

Conclusion: Beyond Technology

References

III Universal Service

11: The Persistent Gap in Telecommunications: Toward Hypothesis and Answers

12: Do Commercial ISPs Provide Universal Access?

Conclusions

Acknowledgments

References

13: Proxy Models and the Funding of Universal Service

Acknowledgments

Appendix A: Definitions of Regression Variables

IV Convergence

14: Internet Telephony or Circuit Switched Telephony: Which is Cheaper?

Acknowledgments

References

15: An IP-Based Local Access Network: Economic and Public Policy Analysis

Conclusions

References

Acknowledgments

16: Implications of Local Loop Technology for Future Industry Structure

Conclusions

References

17: The Internet and "Telecommunications Services," Access Charges, Universal Service Mechanisms, and Other Flotsam of the Regulatory System

Introduction

Conclusion

Author Index

Subject Index
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Keeping up with Telecom: Convergence, Broadband, and Access, in Public Management
by Tom Bennett. 6 pgs.

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The Telecommunications Industry
by Susan E. McMaster. 193 pgs.

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The telephone used to be a luxury item. Today, 95% of Americans have telephone service, and many carry their phones wherever they go. McMaster chronicles the fascinating story of the telephone's rise, its spread to ubiquity in today's society, and the billion-dollar industry it has engendered. This accessible history is ideal for students seeking a clear, concise introduction to one of the landmark American industries of the 20th century.

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Preface

Introduction

1: The Invention and Development of the Telephone and the Telephone Network, 1875–1913

2: The Move to Regulation, 1913–1934

3: Federal Regulation: a New Beginning, 1934–1956

4: The Beginnings of Competition, 1956–1982

5: The Development of Long-Distance Competition, 1982–1996

6: The Telecommunications Act of 1996 and Local Competition, 1996–2000

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

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American Regulatory Federalism and Telecommunications Infrastructure
by Paul Teske. 170 pgs.

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CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PART I OVERVIEW AND HISTORY

Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview

Chapter 2: FEDERALISM: AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

PART II STATE POLICIES AND ACTORS

Chapter 3: STATE POLICY LABORATORIES

C H a P T E R 4 State Government Actors Beyond the Regulators

APPENDIX: MEASURES OF DEPENDENT VARIABLES

PART III COSTS AND BENEFITS OF STATE REGULATION

Chapter 5: THE COSTS OF STATE REGULATION

Chapter 6: THE BENEFITS OF STATE REGULATION

PART IV FEDERALISM AND THE FUTURE

Chapter 7: THE FEDERAL-STATE FRICTION BUILT INTO THE 1934 ACT AND OPTIONS FOR REF ORM

Chapter 8: CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

AUTHOR INDEX

SUBJECT INDEX

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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The Making of Energy and Telecommunications Policy
by Georgia A. Persons. 196 pgs.

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This is a study of how policy ideas, first raised as definitions of specific problems and as solutions for those problems, get translated into formal public policy. Specifically, the work tracks the making of energy and telecommunications policy in Congress.

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Preface

Part I: THE DYNAMICS OF POLICYMAKING

Chapter 1 Introduction: Policy Ideas and the Policy Debate

REFERENCES

Part II: THE POLICY DEBATE ON LIFELINE RATES AND ENERGY POLICY

Chapter 2 the Emergence of Lifeline Rates as an Idea in Electric Utility Ratemaking

NOTES

Chapter 3: Reforming Electric Utility Regulation: Policy Ideas in Conflict

NOTES

REFERENCES

Chapter 4: Policy Responses by Congressional Action

NOTES

Part III: THE POLICY DEBATE ON LIFELINE RATES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY

Chapter 5: Defining the Public Interest in Telecommunications

NOTES

Chapter 6: Challenges and Competition in Policy Formulation

NOTES

Chapter 7: Divestiture and the Debate over Universal Service

NOTES

Chapter 8: Policy Responses by Administrative Rulings

NOTES

Part IV: CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 9: Policy Ideas, the Policy Debate, and Policy Formulation

Selected Bibliography

Index

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Access to the Information Age: Fundamental Decisions in Telecommunications Policy, in Policy Studies Journal
by Frank G. Bowe. 10 pgs.

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Telephony, the Internet, and the Media: Selected Papers from the 1997 Telecommunications Policy Research Conference
by Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason, David Waterman. 302 pgs.

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Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC), this volume begins with an historical survey of a quarter-century of TPRC meetings as one measure of change in and research about the telecommunications industry. Following that are 14 additional papers which reflect the ongoing pace of change in technological, economic, and policy issues. Collectively, these papers from the 1997 TPRC assess key issues for scholars, policy-makers, and practitioners.

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Telecommunications

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Authors

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

I Historical

1: A Novel Conference: The Origins of TPRC

References

II Telephony

2: A Technico-Economic Methodology for The Analysis of Local Telephone Markets

Acknowledgments

References

3: Firm Interaction and the Expected Price for Access

References

4: The Implications of By-Pass for Traditional International Interconnection

References

References

5: Call-Back and the Proportionate Return Rule: Who Are the Winners and Losers?

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

III The Media

6: Video Competition and the Public Interest Debate

Acknowledgements

References

7: Lessons from Oz: Quantitative Guidelines for Children's Educational Television

Acknowledgements

8: Am Stereo and the "Marketplace" Decision

Acknowledgements

References

IV The Internet

9: A Taxonomy of Internet Telephony Applications

Acknowledgments

References

10: Internet Telephony: Costs, Pricing, and Policy

Conclusions

References

11: Muddy Rules for Cyberspace

12: Designing a Social Protocol: Lessons Learned from the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

References

V Comparative Studies in Telephony and Satellite Policy

13: The Paradox of Ubiquity: Communication Satellite Policies in Asia

References

Acknowledgements

14: Participatory Politics and Sectoral Reform: Telecommunications Policy in the New South Africa

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15: Telecom Competition in Canada and the United States: The Tortoise and the Hare

Conclusions

References

Acknowledgments

Author Index

Subject Index
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The Internet and Telecommunications Policy: Selected Papers from the 1995 Telecommunications Policy Research Conference
by Gerald W. Brock, Gregory L. Rosston. 324 pgs.

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Authors

Acknowledgments

Foreword

1 Introduction

1 LOCAL COMPETITION

2 Is the Theory Behind U.S. v AT&T Applicable Today?

3 The Rochester Local Exchange Market Nine Months Later

4: Access and Interconnection Pricing: How Efficient is the "Efficient Component Pricing Rule"?

APPENDIX B

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

II PRICING PROBLEMS IN COMPLEX NETWORKS

5: Pricing of ATM Network Services

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

6 The Political Economy of Congestion Charges and Settlements in Packet Networks

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

7 Pricing in Computer Networks: Reshaping the Research Agenda

APPENDIX A: INTERNET ARCHITECTURE AND MECHANISMS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

APPENDIX A: INTERNET ARCHITECTURE AND MECHANISMS

APPENDIX A: INTERNET ARCHITECTURE AND MECHANISMS

APPENDIX A: INTERNET ARCHITECTURE AND MECHANISMS

III INTEROPERABILITY

8: The Transition to Digital Television Distribution Systems: A Technological View of Expected Interoperability

9: Organizing Interoperability: Economic Institutions and the Development of Interoperability

10 Comparing Integrated Broadband Architectures From an Economic and Public Policy Perspective

REFERENCES

IV INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

II Service Architecture and Content Provision: The Network Provider as Editor

APPENDIX: CLUTTER, AS AN EXTERNALITY

12 Corporate Free Speech Rights and Diversity of Content Control: An Emerging Dilemma

13 The Economics of Scholarly Publications and the Information Superhighway

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

14 On the Duration of Copyright Protection for Digital Information

REFERENCES

15 Revising Copyright Law for the Information Age

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Author Index

Subject Index
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Telecommunications Policy for the 1990s and Beyond
by Walter G. Bolter, James W. McConnaughey, Fred J. Kelsey. 438 pgs.

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

PREFACE

Chapter I: TELECOMMUNICATIONS: THE NEW BEGINNING

Notes

Chapter II: AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR PUBLIC POLICY ASSESSMENT

APPENDIX II-A: SOME BASIC CONCEPTS

Notes

Chapter III: TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT AND PARAMETERS

Notes

Chapter IV: APPLICATION OF POLICY ALTERNATIVES IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS

A. Introduction

Notes

Chapter V: NETWORK TECHNOLOGICAL REVITALIZATION

Notes

Chapter VI: THE EVOLUTION OF BYPASS

Appendix VI-A: BRI ANALYSIS OF POST DIVESTITURE BYPASS STUDIES86

Chapter VII: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SERVICES

Chapter VIII: OTHER DIMENSIONS OF INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

Notes

Chapter IX: INDUSTRY TRENDS, POLICY ISSUES, AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

Appendix IX-A.1: PROPOSED BELL COMPANY OPEN NETWORK ARCHITECTURE (ONA) PLANS Ameritech

Appendix IX-A.2: PROPOSED BELL COMPANY OPEN NETWORK ARCHITECTURE (ONA) PLANS Bell Atlantic Corp.

Appendix IX-A.3: PROPOSED BELL COMPANY OPEN NETWORK ARCHITECTURE (ONA) PLANS BellSouth Corp.

Appendix IX-A.3(cont.): PROPOSED BELL COMPANY OPEN NETWORK ARCHITECTURE (ONA) PLANS BellSouth Corp.

Appendix IX-A.4: PROPOSED BELL COMPANY OPEN NETWORK ARCHITECTURE (ONA) PLANS NYNEX

Appendix IX-A.5: PROPOSED BELL COMPANY OPEN NETWORK ARCHITECTURE (ONA) PLANS Pacific Telesis Group

Appendix IX-A.6: PROPOSED BELL COMPANY OPEN NETWORK ARCHITECTURE (ONA) PLANS Southwestern Bell Corp.

Appendix IX-A.7: PROPOSED BELL COMPANY OPEN NETWORK ARCHITECTURE (ONA) PLANS U S WEST, Inc.

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Chapter X: LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIER TRENDS: FINANCIAL

Notes

INDEX

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Promoting Innovation to Prevent the Internet from Becoming a Wasteland, in Federal Communications Law Journal
by Zoe Baird. 8 pgs.

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The Democracy Gap: The Politics of Information and Communication Technologies in the United States and Europe
by Jill Hills. 222 pgs.

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The political choices that surround telecommunications and broadcasting are the subject of this unique study. Hills examines the distributional possibilities and the political and economic interests that shape these technologies. The book documents how government policy has primarily been concerned with technological leadership, and as a result has lost sight of the informational underpinnings of the democratic process. Among the topics discussed are the politics of cable and satellite transmission, digital networks, and television standards, and the convergence of broadcasting and telecommunications.

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Recent Titles in Contributions to the Study of Mass Media and Communications

Contents

Preface

1: Introduction

Notes

2: Innovation, Technology, and Trade

Notes

3: The Restructuring of the Telecommunications Market

Notes

4: The Restructuring of the Broadcasting Market

Notes

5: The Politics of Cable and Satellite

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6: A European Broadcasting and Telecommunications Community?

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7: The Politics of Standards: Integrated Services Digital Networks

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8: The Politics of Television Standards

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9: Conclusion: The Convergence of Broadcasting and Telecommunications

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

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Advice to the New President on the FCC and Communications Policy, in Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
by Daniel E. Troy. 28 pgs.

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Making Universal Service Policy: Enhancing the Process through Multidisciplinary Evaluation
by Barbara A. Cherry, Steven S. Wildman, Allen S. Hammond. 263 pgs.

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List of Contributors

Preface

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I: INTRODUCTION

1: Conceptualizing Universal Service: Definitions, Context, Social Process, and Politics

II: FRAMEWORKS FOR ANALYZING UNIVERSAL SERVICE

2: Universal Service: Migration Of Metaphors

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

3: Unilateral and Bilateral Rules. A Framework for Increasing Competition While Meeting Universal Service Goals in Telecommunications

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4: Questions For Outlining A Universal Service Policy

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III: SOCIETAL ROLES AND IMPLICATIONS OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE

5: Rethinking Universal Service: What's On the Menu

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

6: The Social Architecture of Community Computing

APPENDIX

REFERENCES

7: Universal Access To Infrastructure and Information

REFERENCES

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

IV: PAYING FOR UNIVERSAL SERVICE

8: Overview of Universal Service

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

APPENDIX A

9: Recovering Access Costs: The Debate

REFERENCES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

10: Universal Service: A Stakeholder Response

V: EMBARKING ON A NEW UNIVERSAL SERVICE POLICY: THE ROLE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

11: Review of Federal Universal Service Policy In the United States

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12: Some Legal Puzzles in the 1996 Statutory Provisions for Universal Telecommunications Services

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13: Universal Service and the National Information Infrastructure (NII): Making the Grade on the Information Superhighway

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VI: THE ROLE OF THE STATES

14: The New State Role in Ensuring Universal Telecommunications Services

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15: Breaking the Bottleneck and Sharing the Wealth: A Perspective on Universal Service Policy in an Era of Local Competition

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Author Index

Subject Index
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Will the National Do-Not-Call List Put Your Business in Shortfall? The Good News-Dinner without Phone Solicitations. The Bad News-Without a Good Contract, Your Telecom Costs May Go Up and You May Have to Pay for Service You Cannot Use, in Business Communications Review
by Kevin DiLallo, Florence Kao. 2 pgs.

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