LEADER 03703nam 2200673 450 001 9910455923403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-05627-1 010 $a9786612056277 010 $a1-4426-8042-3 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442680425 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004389 035 $a(OCoLC)244767061 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10200954 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000311172 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11264605 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000311172 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10315767 035 $a(PQKB)10194056 035 $a(CaPaEBR)417413 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600774 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3251399 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672001 035 $a(DE-B1597)464912 035 $a(OCoLC)944177533 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442680425 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672001 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257687 035 $a(OCoLC)958514140 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004389 100 $a20160922e19931990 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTelecommunications in Canada $etechnology, industry, and government /$fRobert E. Babe 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1993. 210 4$dİ1990 215 $a1 online resource (392 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8020-6738-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface and Acknowledgments -- $t1. Mythologies of Canadian Telecommunications -- $t2. Telecommunications Today -- $t3. Onset of Electronic Communication -- $t4. Cartelization -- $t5. The Telegraph Coast-to-Coast -- $t6. Inception -- $t7. Independent Telephones -- $t8. The Politics of Government Control -- $t9. Western Reaction -- $t10. Local-Exchange Competition in Ontario and Quebec -- $t11. Long-Distance Competition and Reversed Rate Rebalancing -- $t12. Natural Monopoly: Arguments and Evidence -- $t13. Unnatural Monopoly: Predatory Pricing and the Cost Inquiry -- $t14. Rate Regulation -- $t15. Juggling Corporate Forms -- $t16. Broadcasting -- $t17. Cable Television -- $t18. Communications Satellites -- $t19. Electronic Publishing -- $t20. Political Economy -- $t21. An Information Revolution? -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThis study provides Canada's first comprehensive, integrated treatment of the emergence and development of key communication sectors: telegraph telephones, cable TV, broadcasting, communication satellites, and electronic publishing. By focusing on real institutions, actual (and frequently predatory) business practices, and law and regulatory policies, in both historical and contemporary perspectives, Babe helps demystify current communication issues.Stressing the flexibility of communication 'technologies' on the one hand, and the element of corporate power on the other, Babe reintroduces the principle of corporate/governmental responsibility for communication outcomes, a principle that has been largely drowned out by the shrill cries of 'Information Revolution.' 606 $aTelecommunication$zCanada$xHistory 606 $aTelecommunication policy$zCanada$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTelecommunication$xHistory. 615 0$aTelecommunication policy$xHistory. 676 $a384/.0971 700 $aBabe$b Robert E.$0973097 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455923403321 996 $aTelecommunications in Canada$92479261 997 $aUNINA