Digital Crossroads American Telecommunications Policy in the Internet Age - The MIT Press

Telecommunications policy profoundly affects the economy and our
everyday lives. Yet accounts of important telecommunications issues
tend to be either superficial (and inaccurate) or mired in jargon and
technical esoterica. In Digital Crossroads,
Jonathan Nuechterlein and Philip Weiser offer a clear, balanced, and
accessible analysis of competition policy issues in the
telecommunications industry. After giving a big picture overview of the
field, they present sharply reasoned analyses of the major
technological, economic, and legal developments confronting
communications policymakers in the twenty-first century.

Since
the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, when Congress
fundamentally reoriented the existing regulatory scheme, no book has
cogently explained the intricacies of telecommunications competition
policy in the Internet age for general readers, students, and
practitioners alike. Digital Crossroads meets this need,
focusing on the regulatory dimensions of competition in wireline and
wireless telephone service; competition among rival platforms for
broadband Internet service and video distribution; and the Internet’s
transformation of every aspect of the telecommunications industry,
particularly through the emergence of “voice over Internet protocol”
(VoIP). The authors explain not just the complicated legal issues
governing the industry, but also the rapidly changing technological and
economic context in which these issues arise. The book includes
extensive endnotes and tables that cover relevant court decisions, FCC
orders, and academic commentaries; a glossary of acronyms; a statutory
addendum containing the most important provisions of federal
telecommunications law; and two appendixes with information on more
specialized topics. Supplementary materials for students are available
at http://spot.colorado.edu/~weiserpj.


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