LEADER 03326nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910462800203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-300-16737-7 010 $a1-283-90656-2 010 $a0-300-15313-9 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300167375 035 $a(CKB)2670000000334007 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24924720 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000782829 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11442794 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000782829 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10764556 035 $a(PQKB)11307283 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3421091 035 $a(DE-B1597)485674 035 $a(OCoLC)822227315 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300167375 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000334007 100 $a20120614d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCaptive audience$b[electronic resource] $ethe telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age /$fSusan Crawford 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFrom railroad to telephone -- Regulatory pendulum : the long twilight struggle -- A family company -- Going vertical : lessons from AOL-Warner -- Netflix, dead or alive -- The peacock disappears -- The programming battering ram -- When cable met wireless -- The biggest squeeze of all -- Comcast's marathon -- The FCC approves -- Aftermath -- The AT&T - T-Mobile deal -- The costly gift. 330 $aTen years ago, the United States stood at the forefront of the Internet revolution. With some of the fastest speeds and lowest prices in the world for high-speed Internet access, the nation was poised to be the global leader in the new knowledge-based economy. Today that global competitive advantage has all but vanished because of a series of government decisions and resulting monopolies that have allowed dozens of countries, including Japan and South Korea, to pass us in both speed and price of broadband. This steady slide backward not only deprives consumers of vital services needed in a competitive employment and business market-it also threatens the economic future of the nation. This important book by leading telecommunications policy expert Susan Crawford explores why Americans are now paying much more but getting much less when it comes to high-speed Internet access. Using the 2011 merger between Comcast and NBC Universal as a lens, Crawford examines how we have created the biggest monopoly since the breakup of Standard Oil a century ago. In the clearest terms, this book explores how telecommunications monopolies have affected the daily lives of consumers and America's global economic standing. 606 $aTelecommunication$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aAntitrust law$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTelecommunication$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aAntitrust law 676 $a384.0973 700 $aCrawford$b Susan P.$f1963-$01053338 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462800203321 996 $aCaptive audience$92485192 997 $aUNINA