Digital Crossroads: American Telecommunications Policy in the Internet Age
Digital Crossroads: American Telecommunications Policy in the Internet Age
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数字十字路口：互联网时代的美国电信政策
DOI：
10.5860/choice.43-0440
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2005
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Philip J. Weiser
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作者：
Jonathan E. Nuechterlein;Philip J. Weiser
电信政策深刻影响着经济和我们的日常生活。然而，对重要电信问题的描述往往要么是肤浅的（和不准确的），要么是陷入行话和技术深奥的泥潭。在《数字十字路口》一书中，Jonathan Nuechterlein和Philip Weiser对电信行业的竞争政策问题进行了清晰、平衡和易于理解的分析。在对该领域进行了全面的概述之后，他们对21世纪世纪通信决策者面临的主要技术、经济和法律的发展进行了尖锐的理性分析。自1996年《电信法》通过以来，国会从根本上重新调整了现有的监管计划，没有一本书能为普通读者、学生和从业者解释互联网时代电信竞争政策的复杂性。《数字十字路口》满足了这一需要，侧重于有线和无线电话服务竞争的监管层面;宽带互联网服务和视频分发的竞争平台之间的竞争;以及互联网对电信业各个方面的变革，特别是通过“互联网协议语音”的出现。作者不仅解释了管理该行业的复杂法律的问题，而且还解释了这些问题出现的快速变化的技术和经济背景。这本书包括广泛的尾注和表格，涵盖相关的法院判决，联邦通信委员会的命令，和学术评论;一个缩略语词汇表;一个法定附录，包含最重要的条款，联邦电信法;和两个附录与信息更专业的主题。
Telecommunications policy profoundly affects the economy and our everyday lives. Yet accounts of important telecommunications issues tend to be either superficial (and inaccurate) or mired in jargon and technical esoterica. In Digital Crossroads, Jonathan Nuechterlein and Philip Weiser offer a clear, balanced, and accessible analysis of competition policy issues in the telecommunications industry. After giving a big picture overview of the field, they present sharply reasoned analyses of the major technological, economic, and legal developments confronting communications policymakers in the twenty-first century. Since the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, when Congress fundamentally reoriented the existing regulatory scheme, no book has cogently explained the intricacies of telecommunications competition policy in the Internet age for general readers, students, and practitioners alike. Digital Crossroads meets this need, focusing on the regulatory dimensions of competition in wireline and wireless telephone service; competition among rival platforms for broadband Internet service and video distribution; and the Internet's transformation of every aspect of the telecommunications industry, particularly through the emergence of "voice over Internet protocol" (VoIP). The authors explain not just the complicated legal issues governing the industry, but also the rapidly changing technological and economic context in which these issues arise. The book includes extensive endnotes and tables that cover relevant court decisions, FCC orders, and academic commentaries; a glossary of acronyms; a statutory addendum containing the most important provisions of federal telecommunications law; and two appendixes with information on more specialized topics.