| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Twentieth-century telecommunications policy -- Toward a twenty-first century policy framework for telecommunications -- Specific policy reforms -- The enormous benefits of a broadband world. |
| Summary |
The twenty-first-century telecommunications landscape is radically different from the one that prevailed as recently as the last decade of the twentieth century. Robert Litan and Hal Singer argue that given the speed of innovation in this sector, the Federal Communications Commission's outdated policies and rules are inhibiting investment in the telecom industry, specifically in fast broadband networks. This pithy handbookpresents the kind of fundamental rethinking needed to bring communicationspolicy in line with technological advances. Fast broadband has huge societal benefits, enab. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Telecommunication policy -- United States.
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Telecommunication policy. |
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United States. |
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Telecommunication -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Telecommunication. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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2000 - 2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Singer, Hal J.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Litan, Robert E., 1950- Need for speed. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2013] 9780815701446 (DLC) 2012050714 |
| ISBN |
9780815724445 (electronic book) |
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0815724446 (electronic book) |
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9780815701446 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0815701446 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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081572506X |
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9780815725060 |
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