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Continentalizing Canadian telecommunications [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of regulatory reform / / Vanda Rideout
| Continentalizing Canadian telecommunications [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of regulatory reform / / Vanda Rideout |
| Autore | Rideout Vanda <1948-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
| Disciplina | 384/.0971 |
| Soggetto topico |
Telecommunication policy - Canada
Telecommunication - Canada |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-86068-2
9786612860683 0-7735-7050-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454252203321 |
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| Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003 | ||
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Continentalizing Canadian telecommunications [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of regulatory reform / / Vanda Rideout
| Continentalizing Canadian telecommunications [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of regulatory reform / / Vanda Rideout |
| Autore | Rideout Vanda <1948-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
| Disciplina | 384/.0971 |
| Soggetto topico |
Telecommunication policy - Canada
Telecommunication - Canada |
| ISBN |
1-282-86068-2
9786612860683 0-7735-7050-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Telecommunications and the First National Policy -- Canada’s Permeable Fordist Telecommunications Regime -- Telecommunications Liberalization: Phase One -- External and Internal Pressures on Canadian Telecom Policy Reform -- Telecommunications Policy Liberalization and Centralization -- Consumer and Public-Interest Resistance -- Continentalizing Canadian Telecommunications -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782080203321 |
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Rideout Vanda <1948->
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| Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003 | ||
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The invisible empire [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the telecommunications industry in Canada, 1846-1956 / / Jean-Guy Rens ; translated by Käthe Roth
| The invisible empire [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the telecommunications industry in Canada, 1846-1956 / / Jean-Guy Rens ; translated by Käthe Roth |
| Autore | Rens Jean-Guy <1946-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (408 p.) |
| Disciplina | 384/.0971 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | RothKäthe |
| Soggetto topico |
Telecommunication - Canada - History
Télécommunications - Canada - Histoire |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-85863-7
9786612858635 0-7735-6844-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | History of the telecommunications industry in Canada |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450645203321 |
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Rens Jean-Guy <1946->
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| Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The invisible empire [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the telecommunications industry in Canada, 1846-1956 / / Jean-Guy Rens ; translated by Käthe Roth
| The invisible empire [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the telecommunications industry in Canada, 1846-1956 / / Jean-Guy Rens ; translated by Käthe Roth |
| Autore | Rens Jean-Guy <1946-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (408 p.) |
| Disciplina | 384/.0971 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | RothKäthe |
| Soggetto topico |
Telecommunication - Canada - History
Télécommunications - Canada - Histoire |
| ISBN |
1-282-85863-7
9786612858635 0-7735-6844-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Pioneering Era: Inventions and Impediments, 1846–1915 -- Telegraphy -- The Birth of Telegraphy -- The Telegraph Industry Gets Organized -- The Telephone -- Invention of the Telephone -- The Telephone Comes to Canada -- Bell Comes Out Fighting -- Balkanization of the Telephone Industry -- The Birth of Northern Electric and Technological Advances -- Unbridled Capitalism and Language Clashes -- The Telephone Industry in Canada and the International Scene -- Radio -- Radio: A Spectacular Success -- Creating Universal Service, 1915–56 -- Creation of a National Industry -- Bell’s Long March to Independence -- The Other Telephone Companies -- Social Benefits and Labour Peace in the Telephone Industry -- The Canadian Regulatory Model -- Electromechanical Technology Hits Its Peak -- The International Scene -- Conclusion: How Telephony Changed the World -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | History of the telecommunications industry in Canada |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783796503321 |
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Rens Jean-Guy <1946->
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| Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The invisible empire : a history of the telecommunications industry in Canada, 1846-1956 / / Jean-Guy Rens ; translated by Kathe Roth
| The invisible empire : a history of the telecommunications industry in Canada, 1846-1956 / / Jean-Guy Rens ; translated by Kathe Roth |
| Autore | Rens Jean-Guy <1946-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (408 p.) |
| Disciplina | 384/.0971 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | RothKäthe |
| Soggetto topico |
Telecommunication - Canada - History
Telecommunications - Canada - Histoire |
| ISBN |
1-282-85863-7
9786612858635 0-7735-6844-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Pioneering Era: Inventions and Impediments, 1846–1915 -- Telegraphy -- The Birth of Telegraphy -- The Telegraph Industry Gets Organized -- The Telephone -- Invention of the Telephone -- The Telephone Comes to Canada -- Bell Comes Out Fighting -- Balkanization of the Telephone Industry -- The Birth of Northern Electric and Technological Advances -- Unbridled Capitalism and Language Clashes -- The Telephone Industry in Canada and the International Scene -- Radio -- Radio: A Spectacular Success -- Creating Universal Service, 1915–56 -- Creation of a National Industry -- Bell’s Long March to Independence -- The Other Telephone Companies -- Social Benefits and Labour Peace in the Telephone Industry -- The Canadian Regulatory Model -- Electromechanical Technology Hits Its Peak -- The International Scene -- Conclusion: How Telephony Changed the World -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | History of the telecommunications industry in Canada |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910967515803321 |
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Rens Jean-Guy <1946->
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| Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Telecom nation [[electronic resource] ] : telecommunications, computers, and governments in Canada / / Laurence B. Mussio
| Telecom nation [[electronic resource] ] : telecommunications, computers, and governments in Canada / / Laurence B. Mussio |
| Autore | Mussio Laurence B |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | x, 307 p., [10] p. of plates : ill |
| Disciplina | 384/.0971 |
| Soggetto topico |
Telecommunication policy - Canada
Computer networks - Government policy - Canada |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-85926-9
9786612859267 0-7735-6914-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: PART ONE THE TECHNOLOGICAL IMPERATIVE -- 1 From Golden Age to Iron Cage: Telecommunications Regulation and the Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada, 1945-1966, -- 2 Connecting Canada to the World: International Telecommunications Policy, 1942-1966 -- 3 Canadians and Computers: Initial Canadian Responses to the Computer, 1948-1968 -- 4 Revolution and Reaction: Telecommunications Policy, 1960-1969 -- PART TWO SYSTEM OVERLOAD -- 5 Collapse and Surrender: Telecommunications Regulation and the Canadian Transport Commission, 1967-1975 -- 6 The Politics of Technological Development: Canada,1970-1975 -- 7 "Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?": Ottawa and the First Information Highway, 1969-1975. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450483403321 |
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Mussio Laurence B
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| Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 | ||
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Telecom nation [[electronic resource] ] : telecommunications, computers, and governments in Canada / / Laurence B. Mussio
| Telecom nation [[electronic resource] ] : telecommunications, computers, and governments in Canada / / Laurence B. Mussio |
| Autore | Mussio Laurence B |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | x, 307 p., [10] p. of plates : ill |
| Disciplina | 384/.0971 |
| Soggetto topico |
Telecommunication policy - Canada
Computer networks - Government policy - Canada |
| ISBN |
1-282-85926-9
9786612859267 0-7735-6914-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: PART ONE THE TECHNOLOGICAL IMPERATIVE -- 1 From Golden Age to Iron Cage: Telecommunications Regulation and the Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada, 1945-1966, -- 2 Connecting Canada to the World: International Telecommunications Policy, 1942-1966 -- 3 Canadians and Computers: Initial Canadian Responses to the Computer, 1948-1968 -- 4 Revolution and Reaction: Telecommunications Policy, 1960-1969 -- PART TWO SYSTEM OVERLOAD -- 5 Collapse and Surrender: Telecommunications Regulation and the Canadian Transport Commission, 1967-1975 -- 6 The Politics of Technological Development: Canada,1970-1975 -- 7 "Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?": Ottawa and the First Information Highway, 1969-1975. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783755703321 |
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Mussio Laurence B
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| Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Telecommunications in Canada : technology, industry, and government / / Robert E. Babe
| Telecommunications in Canada : technology, industry, and government / / Robert E. Babe |
| Autore | Babe Robert E. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
| Disciplina | 384/.0971 |
| Soggetto topico |
Telecommunication - Canada - History
Telecommunication policy - Canada - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-05627-1
9786612056277 1-4426-8042-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Mythologies of Canadian Telecommunications -- 2. Telecommunications Today -- 3. Onset of Electronic Communication -- 4. Cartelization -- 5. The Telegraph Coast-to-Coast -- 6. Inception -- 7. Independent Telephones -- 8. The Politics of Government Control -- 9. Western Reaction -- 10. Local-Exchange Competition in Ontario and Quebec -- 11. Long-Distance Competition and Reversed Rate Rebalancing -- 12. Natural Monopoly: Arguments and Evidence -- 13. Unnatural Monopoly: Predatory Pricing and the Cost Inquiry -- 14. Rate Regulation -- 15. Juggling Corporate Forms -- 16. Broadcasting -- 17. Cable Television -- 18. Communications Satellites -- 19. Electronic Publishing -- 20. Political Economy -- 21. An Information Revolution? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455923403321 |
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Babe Robert E.
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| Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Telecommunications in Canada : technology, industry, and government / / Robert E. Babe
| Telecommunications in Canada : technology, industry, and government / / Robert E. Babe |
| Autore | Babe Robert E. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
| Disciplina | 384/.0971 |
| Soggetto topico |
Telecommunication - Canada - History
Telecommunication policy - Canada - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-05627-1
9786612056277 1-4426-8042-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART I. INTRODUCTION -- 1 Mythologies of Canadian Telecommunications -- Pattern Recognition -- The First Myth: Technological Nationalism -- The Second Myth: Technological Dependence -- A Third Myth: Technology and Industrial Structuring -- A Fourth Myth: Efficacy of Regulation -- Yet Another Myth: Gales of Creative Destruction -- Outline -- 2 Telecommunications Today -- Telecommunications Defined -- Supremacy of the Telephone -- Facilities Configuration -- Services Configuration -- Definitional Problems
Telephone Industry StructurePART II. THE TELEGRAPH -- 3 Onset of Electronic Communication -- Inception -- Province of Canada -- New Brunswick -- Nova Scotia -- The Telegraph and Industrialization -- The Press Connection -- The Railway Connection -- The Postal Service -- Economic Growth -- 4 Cartelization -- Central Canada -- Atlantic Region and American Control -- 5 The Telegraph Coast-to-Coast -- British Columbia -- Prairies -- Canadian Pacific Telegraphs -- Separation of Content from Carriage -- Canadian National Telegraphs CNCP TelecommunicationsPART III. THE TELEPHONE -- 6 Inception -- Parallels -- Telephone Wars -- The Charter -- A Riddle -- Consolidation -- Segregation -- 7 Independent Telephones -- A Severe Loss -- Tactical Withdrawals -- Quebec -- Ontario -- The West -- Independent Telephones in the United States -- Rural Lines in Quebec in 1905 -- Rural Lines in Ontario in 1905 -- Municipal Telephones -- The Prairies -- Railway Contracts -- Exclusive Franchises -- Conclusions -- 8 The Politics of Government Control -- Petitions -- Commons Uproar Parliamentary InquiryIn Laurier's Hands -- 9 Western Reaction -- Manitoba -- Saskatchewan -- Alberta -- British Columbia -- 10 Local-Exchange Competition in Ontario and Quebec -- A Note on Exposition -- The New Act -- An Early Boom -- Back in Parliament -- 'Rate Rebalancing' � Phase I -- Locking the Barn-door -- 'Reversed Rate Rebalancing' -- 11 Long-Distance Competition and Reversed Rate Rebalancing -- Northern Telephone -- CNCP Interconnection -- Additional Complexities -- Recapitulation -- 12 Natural Monopoly: Arguments and Evidence OriginThe First Prop: Economies of Scale -- The Second Prop: Service Universality through Cross-subsidization -- The Third Prop: Systemic Integrity -- Conclusions -- 13 Unnatural Monopoly: Predatory Pricing and the Cost Inquiry -- A Double-Edged Sword -- Inklings of Abuse -- CTC Cost Inquiry -- CRTC Cost Inquiry -- 14 Rate Regulation -- Context -- Legislative Ambiguity -- Regulation of Interprovincial Toll -- Intraterritory Rate Regulation -- 15 Juggling Corporate Forms -- Straining Gnats, Swallowing Camels -- Persona Ficta -- Northern Telecom |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780419203321 |
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Babe Robert E.
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| Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Telecommunications in Canada : technology, industry, and government / / Robert E. Babe
| Telecommunications in Canada : technology, industry, and government / / Robert E. Babe |
| Autore | Babe Robert E. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
| Disciplina | 384/.0971 |
| Soggetto topico |
Telecommunication - Canada - History
Telecommunication policy - Canada - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-05627-1
9786612056277 1-4426-8042-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART I. INTRODUCTION -- 1 Mythologies of Canadian Telecommunications -- Pattern Recognition -- The First Myth: Technological Nationalism -- The Second Myth: Technological Dependence -- A Third Myth: Technology and Industrial Structuring -- A Fourth Myth: Efficacy of Regulation -- Yet Another Myth: Gales of Creative Destruction -- Outline -- 2 Telecommunications Today -- Telecommunications Defined -- Supremacy of the Telephone -- Facilities Configuration -- Services Configuration -- Definitional Problems
Telephone Industry StructurePART II. THE TELEGRAPH -- 3 Onset of Electronic Communication -- Inception -- Province of Canada -- New Brunswick -- Nova Scotia -- The Telegraph and Industrialization -- The Press Connection -- The Railway Connection -- The Postal Service -- Economic Growth -- 4 Cartelization -- Central Canada -- Atlantic Region and American Control -- 5 The Telegraph Coast-to-Coast -- British Columbia -- Prairies -- Canadian Pacific Telegraphs -- Separation of Content from Carriage -- Canadian National Telegraphs CNCP TelecommunicationsPART III. THE TELEPHONE -- 6 Inception -- Parallels -- Telephone Wars -- The Charter -- A Riddle -- Consolidation -- Segregation -- 7 Independent Telephones -- A Severe Loss -- Tactical Withdrawals -- Quebec -- Ontario -- The West -- Independent Telephones in the United States -- Rural Lines in Quebec in 1905 -- Rural Lines in Ontario in 1905 -- Municipal Telephones -- The Prairies -- Railway Contracts -- Exclusive Franchises -- Conclusions -- 8 The Politics of Government Control -- Petitions -- Commons Uproar Parliamentary InquiryIn Laurier's Hands -- 9 Western Reaction -- Manitoba -- Saskatchewan -- Alberta -- British Columbia -- 10 Local-Exchange Competition in Ontario and Quebec -- A Note on Exposition -- The New Act -- An Early Boom -- Back in Parliament -- 'Rate Rebalancing' � Phase I -- Locking the Barn-door -- 'Reversed Rate Rebalancing' -- 11 Long-Distance Competition and Reversed Rate Rebalancing -- Northern Telephone -- CNCP Interconnection -- Additional Complexities -- Recapitulation -- 12 Natural Monopoly: Arguments and Evidence OriginThe First Prop: Economies of Scale -- The Second Prop: Service Universality through Cross-subsidization -- The Third Prop: Systemic Integrity -- Conclusions -- 13 Unnatural Monopoly: Predatory Pricing and the Cost Inquiry -- A Double-Edged Sword -- Inklings of Abuse -- CTC Cost Inquiry -- CRTC Cost Inquiry -- 14 Rate Regulation -- Context -- Legislative Ambiguity -- Regulation of Interprovincial Toll -- Intraterritory Rate Regulation -- 15 Juggling Corporate Forms -- Straining Gnats, Swallowing Camels -- Persona Ficta -- Northern Telecom |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818526203321 |
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Babe Robert E.
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| Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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