| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 409 pages) |
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The law of unintended results -- Feast and famine in the information age -- How the United States lost its digital advantage -- Case studies in wrongheaded policymaking -- Best and worst practices -- Understanding the Dotcom implosion -- The fundamentals of digital literacy -- Challenges and choices -- The impact of technological and market convergence -- Capturing the benefits of convergence -- What government should do -- Unresolved issues -- The way forward |
| Summary |
In this timely book, Rob Frieden points out the myriad ways the United States has fallen behind other countries in telecommunications. Despite the appearance of robust competition and entrepreneurism in U.S. telecom markets, there is very little of either. Because of an inattentive Congress and a misguided Federal Communications Commission unwilling to confront real problems, industry incumbents have been able to earn healthy profits while keeping the United States in the backwaters of Internet-based information, communication, and entertainment markets. At every turn regulators have tipped the scales in favor of large established companies, creating an environment that stifles innovation. As a consequence, Americans are stuck with relatively slow connectivity and with equipment that lacks features that have been standard in other countries for years. In telecommunications, the United States is a little like a third world country that is developing under a crushing bureaucracy without recognizing that the rest of the world has passed it by. Frieden shows how failure can intrude on the ability of the United States to compete and suggests how to restore its competitiveness.--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-396) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Telecommunication policy -- United States
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Telecommunication -- United States
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Information technology -- United States
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
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Télécommunications.
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Technologie de l'information.
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Politique technologique.
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Information technology
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Telecommunication
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Telecommunication policy
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Etats-Unis d'Amérique.
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300163124 |
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0300163126 |
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