Title Telebomb : the truth behind the $500-billion telecom bust and what the industry must do to recover / John Handley.

Publication Info.	New York : AMACOM, [2005]
	©2005

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Description	1 online resource (viii, 264 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Note	Includes index.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Before and after the breakup of AT & T -- Stability as the world changed -- The Telecommunications Act of 1996 -- The second race to cover the United States in optical fiber -- The big get bigger : the entry of the RBOCs into the long-distance market -- The last stand of the long-distance companies -- The rise and fall of the competitive local exchange carriers -- Lost opportunities by the cable companies -- The crash -- Who won? -- Likely future winners and losers -- A look back and a look forward.
Summary	Annotation.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	United States. Telecommunications Act of 1996.
	United States.
	Telecommunications Act of 1996 (United States)
	Telecommunication -- United States.
	Telecommunication.
	United States.
	Telecommunication -- Deregulation -- United States.
	Telecommunication -- Deregulation.
	Telecommunication policy -- United States.
	Telecommunication policy.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Handley, John, 1961- Telebomb. New York : AMACOM, ©2005 0814408338 (DLC) 2005005682 (OCoLC)58478916
ISBN	0814428894 (electronic book)
	9780814428894 (electronic book)
	0814408338 (hardcover)
	9780814408339 (hardcover)