Communications policy in transition : the Internet and beyond / edited by Benjamin M. Compaine and Shane Greenstein.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Compaine, Benjamin M.

Greenstein, Shane M.

Conference Name:

Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (28th : 2000 : Alexandria, Va.)

Series:

Telecommunications policy research conference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication policy--United States--Congresses.

Communication policy.

Internet--United States--Congresses.

Internet.

Telecommunication policy--United States--Congresses.

Telecommunication policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 425 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 This presumption was long outdated prior to the commercialization of the Internet.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.

Contents:

Where internet service providers and telephone companies compete: a guide to the Computer inquiries, enhanced service providers, and information service providers / Robert Cannon

Broadband architectures, ISP business plans, and open access / Shawn O'Donnell

Regulatory treatment of IP transport and services / Joshua L. Mindel and Marvin A. Sirbu

Rethinking the design of the internet: the end-to-end arguments vs. the brave new world / Marjory S. Blumenthal and David D. Clark

The InterNAT: policy implications of the internet architecture debate / Hans Kruse, William Yurcik, and Lawrence Lessig

The potential for scrutiny of internet peering policies in multilateral forums / Rob Frieden

Wireline vs. wireless internet access: comparing the United States and Japan

Emily Moto Murase

Developing telecommunications infrastructure: state and local policy collisions / Sharon Strover and Lon Berquist

From C to shining C: competition and cross-subsidy in communications / Gregory L. Rosston and Bradley S. Wimmer

Unexpected outcomes in digital divide policy: what children really do in the public library / Christian Sandvig

Accessibility of broadband telecommunications services by various segments of the American population / David Gabel and Florence Kwan

Reexamining the digital divide / Benjamin M. Compaine

Sorting out the search engine market / Neil Gandal

Copyright in the age of distributed applications / Seth D. Greenstein

Should congress establish a compulsory license for internet video providers to retransmit over-the-air TV station programming via the internet? / Michael Wirth and Larry Collette.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Papers from the 28th Telecommunications Policy Research Conference held in Alexandria, Va. in the Fall of 2000.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-29339-0

0-262-27071-4

0-585-44649-0

OCLC:

52475045