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- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
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- 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
- 1. Introduction
- 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
- 5. The Early Semiconductor Industry
- 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
- 8. Data Communications
- 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
- 13. Mobile Telephones and Spectrum Reform
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- References
- Index
The Second Information Revolution
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