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Telecommunications Policy: Have Regulators Dialed the Wrong Number? » Read Now
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...
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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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A Communication Theory Perspective on Telecommunications Policy, in Journal of Communication » Read Now
by Edward M. Lenert. 21 pgs.

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...Transmission Model U.S. telecommunications policy contains contradictory...communication, as realized in U.S. telecommunications policy. According to Carey...success of...
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Competition, Regulation, and Convergence: Current Trends in Telecommunications Policy Research » Read Now
by Sharon Eisner Gillett, Ingo Vogelsang. 336 pgs.

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...a universal service policy will bring those advances...The Persistent Gap in Telecommunications: Toward Hypothesis...characterized earlier. In the Telecommunications Act of...
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Keeping up with Telecom: Convergence, Broadband, and Access, in Public Management » Read Now
by Tom Bennett. 6 pgs.

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...re-monopolization of telecommunications. This bleak assessment...telecommunications policy is so important to...Telewars in the States: Telecommunications Issues in a New...
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The Telecommunications Industry » Read Now
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...
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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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American Regulatory Federalism and Telecommunications Infrastructure » Read Now
by Paul Teske. 170 pgs.

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...implementation of U.S. policy. This book...continuing state telecommunications regulation...of regulatory policy; 51 jurisdictions...Commerces National Telecommunications...
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The Making of Energy and Telecommunications Policy » Read Now
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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Access to the Information Age: Fundamental Decisions in Telecommunications Policy, in Policy Studies Journal » Read Now
by Frank G. Bowe. 10 pgs.

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...to advance equity in telecommunications generally. These policy questions emerged in...an Industry Public policy in telecommunications is made in a complex...entered the...
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Telephony, the Internet, and the Media: Selected Papers from the 1997 Telecommunications Policy Research Conference » Read Now
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...
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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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The Internet and Telecommunications Policy: Selected Papers from the 1995 Telecommunications Policy Research Conference » Read Now
by Gerald W. Brock, Gregory L. Rosston. 324 pgs.

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...papers from the 1995 Telecommunications Policy Research Conference...Fortunately, the policy debate has produced...leading economists and telecommunications policy...
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Telecommunications Policy for the 1990s and Beyond » Read Now
by Walter G. Bolter, James W. McConnaughey, Fred J. Kelsey. 438 pgs.

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...Antitrust Policy in Perspective...III. TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT...ALTERNATIVES IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS 123...Nontraditional Policy Alternatives...COMMUNICATIONS POLICY...
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Promoting Innovation to Prevent the Internet from Becoming a Wasteland, in Federal Communications Law Journal » Read Now
by Zoe Baird. 8 pgs.

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...this potential is fulfilled, spectrum policy needs to: take advantage of technological...to find new ways of addressing Internet policy issues that accommodate consumer...
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The Democracy Gap: The Politics of Information and Communication Technologies in the United States and Europe » Read Now
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...
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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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Advice to the New President on the FCC and Communications Policy, in Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy » Read Now
by Daniel E. Troy. 28 pgs.

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...Commissions spectrum policy should also...intrastate telecommunications,"(147) and...of advanced telecommunications capability...K. Powell, Policy and Rules...
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Making Universal Service Policy: Enhancing the Process through Multidisciplinary Evaluation » Read Now
by Barbara A. Cherry, Steven S. Wildman, Allen S. Hammond. 263 pgs.

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...call to a consumer on the national registry. Under the FTCs rules, exempt businesses had included banks, airlines, telecommunications common carriers and insurance...
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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 » Read Now
by Kevin DiLallo, Florence Kao. 2 pgs.

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...universal service policy, the implementation...the Program in Telecommunications, Science, Management...state reform of telecommunications regulation has...innovators, with...