LEADER 05326nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910828233103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-58053-940-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000340568 035 $a(EBL)231625 035 $a(OCoLC)70740527 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000165450 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11161622 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000165450 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10141911 035 $a(PQKB)10488089 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL231625 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10081995 035 $a(OCoLC)57756529 035 $a(CaBNVSL)mat09107191 035 $a(IEEE)9107191 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC231625 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000340568 100 $a20050121d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe great telecom meltdown /$fFred R. Goldstein 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBoston $cArtech House$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (211 p.) 225 1 $aArtech House telecommunications library 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58053-939-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe Great Telecom Meltdown -- Contents v -- Preface xi -- Acknowledgments xiii -- 1 Ma Bell and Her "Natural Monopoly," 1876-1969 1 -- Natural and Unnatural Monopoly 1 -- Western Union 2 -- Patent Protection 3 -- The Kingsbury Commitment 4 -- The Slow Pace of Progress 5 -- The Smith Decision and Universal Service 6 -- The Final Judgment 7 -- Hushaphone and the First Cracks in the Monopoly 7 -- The Disruptive Transistor 8 -- Endnotes 10 -- 2 The Rebirth of Competition 11 -- Carterfone Made the Network More Valuable 11 -- MCI's Shared Microwave Opened New Doors 20 -- Endnotes 25. 327 $a3 Divestiture: Equal Access and Chinese Walls 27 -- Vertical Integration 27 -- AT & T Kept Out of the Computer Industry 28 -- The Money's in Long Distance, Right? 32 -- The Centrex Revival 39 -- Digital Switching Becomes the Norm 40 -- Digitization of the Transmission Network 43 -- ISDN Fails to Make a Dent 46 -- Endnotes 53 -- 4 The Internet Boom and the Limits to Growth 57 -- The ARPAnet Was a Seminal Research Network 57 -- OSI, the Big Committee That Couldn't 62 -- Commercialization at Last 65 -- Internet Traffic Explodes as the Public Joins 69 -- ISP Pricing Creates Permanent Losses 74. 327 $aDotcoms Create a Demand Bubble 76 -- Carrier Hotels Created Too Much Room at the Inn 80 -- The Bubble Bursts in Equipment Manufacturers' Faces 81 -- Endnotes 83 -- 5 The Deuteronomy Networks 85 -- The Short-Term Bandwidth Crunch Invited More Suppliers 86 -- Kiewit Sells MFS, Creates Level 3 88 -- Williams Sold Wiltel, Created Another One 90 -- Metromedia Sold Cellular and Long-Haul, Created MFN 91 -- XO Communications Recycles Cellular Profits 92 -- Undersea, Undersea, Under Beautiful Sea 93 -- How Much Bandwidth Was Available? 94 -- Endnotes 96. 327 $a6 Losing by Winning: Wireless License Auctions 97 -- Original License Lotteries Led to Farcical Resale 99 -- The Top Cellular Networks Grew to Profitability 100 -- Networks Go Digital 101 -- The PCS Auction Was a Success 103 -- "3G" Combined the Allure of Both Internet and Wireless 105 -- Many Large Incumbents Were Left With Huge Debt 109 -- Endnotes 109 -- 7 Competitive Access Providers, the Costly Way to Local Competition 111 -- RBOC Prices to Large Customers Were Out of Line 111 -- States Supported RBOC Monopolies More Than the FCC Did 113 -- Teleport Cracks the NYNEX Monopoly 114. 327 $aCompetitors Outrace RBOCs to Provide Local Fiber-Optic Connections 115 -- The Telecom Act Opens Local Service Competition 117 -- Fixed Wireless as an Alternative to Fiber? 119 -- Hybrid Fiber-Coax (HFC) Gave Cable Providers an Advantage on "Triple Play" 122 -- Endnotes 130 -- 8 DLECs and ELECs: An Exercise in Oversupply 133 -- DSL First Failed as a Video Offering 134 -- The Telecom Act Invites Novel Use of Unbundled Loops 134 -- Capital Poisoning Led DLECs to Overexpand 136 -- Ethernet LECs Were Data CAPs 140 -- Endnotes 142 -- 9 CLECs' Winning Strategies Are Met by Rule Changes 145. 330 3 $aIn today's telecom business environment, a thorough and accurate understanding of past mistakes goes a long way in ensuring future success. Providing you with an authoritative account of what contributed to the "Great Telecom Crash", this insightful resource explores the roots of the perfect storm that buffeted telecom and Internet companies and investors. You get a detailed insider's look at how the crash was caused by a complex combination of risk and regulatory factors in an increasingly competitive environment, originally fueled by the break up of AT & T.$cPublisher abstract. 410 0$aArtech House telecommunications library. 606 $aTelecommunication 606 $aTelecommunication$xFinance 606 $aInternet 615 0$aTelecommunication. 615 0$aTelecommunication$xFinance. 615 0$aInternet. 676 $a384.3 700 $aGoldstein$b Fred R$0754886 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828233103321 996 $aThe great telecom meltdown$94115362 997 $aUNINA