The Second Information Revolution

- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
  - The Promise of Regulation
  - Conceptual Framework
- 2. The First Information Revolution
  - The Development of Telegraph Services
  - The Telephone and State Regulation
  - Radio and Federal Regulation
- 3. Technological Origins of the Second Information Revolution, 1940–1950
  - Radar
  - The Transistor
  - Electronic Digital Computers
- 4. The SAGE Project
I. The Separate Worlds Of Computers And Communications, 1950–1968
- 5. The Early Semiconductor Industry
  - The Creation of a Competitive Market
  - Innovation and the Integrated Circuit
  - Falling Prices, Rising Output
- 6. The Early Commercial Computer Industry
  - Vacuum-Tube and Transistor Computers
  - The System/360 and IBM Dominance
  - Alternatives to IBM Computers
- 7. The Regulated Monopoly Telephone Industry
  - Antitrust and the 1956 Consent Decree
  - Microwave Technology and Potential Long Distance Competition
  - Central Office Switches
  - Terminal Equipment
II. Boundary Disputes And Limited Competition, 1969–1984
- 8. Data Communications
  - Packet-Switching and the Arpanet
  - Network Protocols and Interconnection
  - Local Area Networks and Ethernet
- 9. From Mainframes to Microprocessors
  - Intel and the Microprocessor
  - Personal Computers and Workstations
- 10. The Computer-Communications Boundary
  - Computer-Assisted Messages: Communications or Data Processing?
  - Smart Terminals: Teletypewriters or Computers?
  - Interconnection of Customer-Owned Equipment with the Telephone Network
  - The Deregulation of Terminal Equipment
  - The Deregulation of Enhanced Services
- 11. Fringe Competition in Long Distance Telephone Service
  - Competition in Specialized Services
  - Competition in Switched Services
  - The Transition to Optical Fiber
- 12. Divestiture and Access Charges
  - The Divestiture
  - Access Charges
  - The Enhanced Service Provider Exemption
III. Interconnected Competition And Integrated Services, 1985–2002
- 13. Mobile Telephones and Spectrum Reform
  - Early Land Mobile Telephones
  - Cellular Spectrum Allocation
  - Cellular Licensing Problems
  - Spectrum Institutional Reform
  - PCS and Auctions
- 14. Local Competition and the Telecommunications Act of 1996
  - Competitive Access Providers
  - Interconnection: CAP to CLEC
  - The Telecommunications Act of 1996
  - Implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
- 15. The Internet and the World Wide Web
  - The Commercial Internet and Backbone Interconnection
  - The Development of the Web
  - The New Economy Financial Boom and Bust
  - Real Growth in Telecommunication and Price Benefits
- 16. Conclusion
  - Technological Progress and Policy Evolution
  - The Process of Institutional Change
  - Final Comment
- References
- Index

Gerald W. Brock

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