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Digital Crossroads: American Telecommunications Policy in the Internet Age

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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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  1. ISBN-10
    026264066X
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0262640664
  3. Publisher
    Mit Pr
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2007
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    6 x 1.5 x 8.75 inches
  7. Print length
    670 pages
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2.9 out of 5 stars
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Bill Stone
1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible and boring. Overly verbose and unclear.
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2013
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The author regularly refers to this book in this book. Example: Something something CLECs, which we've discussed in chapter 2, something something terminating access monopoly, which we will discuss in chapter 7. This occurs frequently. Sometimes the examples are clear and sometimes the definitions are easy to follow. But most of the time the sentences are more twenty words, some more than thirty. This makes things unclear, obviously. Furthermore, i got the kindle version. It appears the publisher scanned the book, ran that through OCR, then called it good. There are many annoyances... back becomes hack (happens about twenty times in one chapter), 1984 becomes I 984, CLEC becomes CIFC, and more! Yay! Crap all the way up and down. This is a required book for my Telecom Policy class. It is likely there is not anything else out there which covers this overly boring topic of the history and current policy of telecom in the states.
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GWG
4.0 out of 5 stars Worthwhile read
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2013
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Very informative discussion of the communications networks and policy issues faced as we transition. People interested in these issues and even people who are just interested in what policy makers face should take time to read this.
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A. M. Fasick
5.0 out of 5 stars Telecommunications for non-specialists
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2005
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In Digital Crossroads, the authors, both lawyers with experience in telecommunications, offer a readable guide to the complex regulatory policies shaping electronic communication. Starting with the economic principles that have guided government agencies through the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, they give a basic history of the development of wireline communication, primarily through telephone, and explain how the advent of wireless technology via radio, television, cell phones, and the Internet have affected policies and practices. Although it is not easy reading, both the technical and legal aspects of communication are made clear even to a reader who is neither a lawyer nor an engineer. The policies discussed in this book will affect every citizen who cares about obtaining and communicating information to individuals and groups. Understanding the background given here, will help individuals follow the current legislative news as Congress revises the 1996 Telecommunications Act. This is a book many community groups and activists should read and discuss.
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B. Barth
2.0 out of 5 stars dry
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2013
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So very dry... I fell a sleep more than once reading this book for research for a paper in grad school. Lots of information. Better as a reference book and know where to look than a full bore history text.
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Nathan A. Allen
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book - even if its a for a class
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2010
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This book is very good. It covers everything from the Baby bells, Natural Monopolies to Digital Rights Management

I thought the section on convergence was especially good.
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Michelle H.
4.0 out of 5 stars Good condition.
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2017
Good condition.
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Christina C.
3.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2006
I had to read this for a graduate class. It is written in a conversational manner. It does explain the topics in reasonable voice. Overall not a bad purchase. It is not something that I will keep but it is good for a library to have.
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Emily G
2.0 out of 5 stars Not great but not horrible
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2012
This was assigned reading for a graduate class in economics (antitrust economics) and was not my favorite reading. I love reading textbooks, but this book was difficult. It is written by lawyers that are too eager to say all that they know rather than create a logical and flowing outline within chapters. The book is comprehensive but not easily accessible. I may be biased since I find equations and mathematical relations more elucidating than prose, but nevertheless, this book is not my favorite. The material in the book could be written in about 150-200 pages with no loss in content, instead they chose to make it over 400 pages. The prose is excessively ornate to a fault. The content is good, but it is obvious this is written by lawyers, NOT economists. That is plainly clear. If I had six free months of life, I would rewrite this book.
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