Digital Crossroads: Telecommunications Law and Policy in the Internet Age (MIT Press)
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (983 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0262519607 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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In Digital Crossroads, two experts on telecommunications policy offer a comprehensive and accessible analysis of the regulation of competition in the U.S. The first edition of Digital Crossroads (MIT Press, 2005) became an essential and uniquely readable guide for policymakers, lawyers, scholars, and students in a fast-moving and complex policy field. telecommunications industry. In this second edition, the authors have revised every section of every chapter to reflect the evolution in industry structure, technology, and regulatory strategy since 2005. Like its predecessor, this new edition of Digital Crossroads not only helps nonspecialists climb this field's formidable learning curve, but also makes substantive contributions to ongoing policy debates.. The book features entirely new discussions of such topics as the explosive development of the mobile broadband ecosystem; incentive auctions and other recent spectrum policy initiatives; the FCC's net neutrality rules; the National Broadband Plan; the declining relevance of the traditional public switched telephone network; and the policy response to online video services and their potential to transform the way Americans watch television
He served as Deputy General Counsel of the Federal Communications Commission from 2000 to 2001 and as Assistant to the Solicitor General from 1996 to 2000. About the AuthorJonathan E. Nuechterlein is chair of the telecommunications practice at the international law firm of WilmerHale. From 2009 to 2010, he was Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and from 2010 to 2011, he was a Senior Adviser on Technology and Innovation at the National Economic Council in the White House under President Obama. . Philip J. We
Develop a Deeper Understanding of the Industry and Its Regulation Some of the policy questions raised in this book have seen new developments in the short time since it was published. The book's discussion on net neutrality ends before the FCC's 2015 Open Internet Order, for example. Even so, you couldn't ask for a better overview of telecommunications history and policy than this comprehensive yet accessible volume. Thoug. Great background for someone getting into the telecom world or JGM Great background for someone getting into the telecom world or anyone looking for a refresher. I just started working on telecom policy earlier this year, and this book has provided helpful background and context, weaving enough detail to be a serious resource with a conversational style that makes it very readable and accessible to the novice such as myself. Excellent! This book should be mandatory reading for the Telecommunications Masters program at Syracuse University. I learned more about Telecom from this book than I got from the entire program. If you are new to the world of Telecommunications (or even an old pro) you will absolutely get lot out of this book.
He served as Deputy General Counsel of the Federal Communications Commission from 2000 to 2001 and as Assistant to the Solicitor General from 1996 to 2000. Weiser is Dean of the Law School, Thompson Professor of Law and Telecommunications, and Founder and Executive Director of the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Col