Communications Policy in Transition
The Internet and Beyond
1. Auflage
Erschienen am 14. Mai 2014
440 Seiten
978-0-262-27071-7 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Until the 1980s, it was presumed that technical change in most
communications services could easily be monitored from centralized state and federal
agencies. This presumption was long outdated prior to the commercialization of the
Internet. With the Internet, the long-forecast convergence of voice, video, and text
bits became a reality. Legislation, capped by the Telecommunications Act of 1996,
created new quasi-standards such as "fair" and "reasonable" for the FCC and courts
to apply, leading to nonstop litigation and occasional gridlock.This book addresses
some of the many telecommunications areas on which public policy makers, corporate
strategists, and social activists must reach agreement. Topics include the
regulation of access, Internet architecture in a commercial era, communications
infrastructure development, the Digital Divide, and information policy issues such
as intellectual property and the retransmission of TV programming via the
Internet.
communications services could easily be monitored from centralized state and federal
agencies. This presumption was long outdated prior to the commercialization of the
Internet. With the Internet, the long-forecast convergence of voice, video, and text
bits became a reality. Legislation, capped by the Telecommunications Act of 1996,
created new quasi-standards such as "fair" and "reasonable" for the FCC and courts
to apply, leading to nonstop litigation and occasional gridlock.This book addresses
some of the many telecommunications areas on which public policy makers, corporate
strategists, and social activists must reach agreement. Topics include the
regulation of access, Internet architecture in a commercial era, communications
infrastructure development, the Digital Divide, and information policy issues such
as intellectual property and the retransmission of TV programming via the
Internet.
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Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
Cambridge, Mass.
USA
Verlagsgruppe
MIT Press Ltd
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
US School Grade: From College Freshman to College Graduate Student
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20 illus.
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
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978-0-262-27071-7 (9780262270717)
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Inhalt
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Contributors
- I Differing Regulatory Treatment of Access Modes
- 1 Where Internet Service Providers and Telephone Companies Compete
- 2 Broadband Architectures, ISP Business Plans, and Open Access
- 3 Regulatory Treatment of IP Transport and Services
- II Internet Architecture Design in a Competitive Era
- 4 Rethinking the Design of the Internet:
- 5 The InterNAT
- 6 The Potential for Scrutiny of Internet Peering Policies in Multilateral Forums
- 7 Wireline vs. Wireless Internet Access
- III Dilemmas in Development of Communications Infrastructures
- 8 Developing Telecommunications Infrastructure
- 9 From C to Shining C
- IV The End of the Digital Divide?
- 10 Unexpected Outcomes in Digital Divide Policy
- 11 Accessibility of Broadband Telecommunication Services by Various Segments of the American Population
- 12 Re-Examining the Digital Divide
- V Information Policy and Commercial Internet Behavior
- 13 Sorting Out the Search Engine Market
- 14 Copyright in the Age of Distributed Applications
- 15 Should Congress Establish a Compulsory License for Internet Video Providers to Retransmit Over-the-Air TV Station Programming via the Internet?
- Index
