The internet has become so widespread that such issues as access, regulation and related policies have become major factors in the economy and social fabric of societies in ...

In 1996, Congress enacted comprehensive reform of the nation's statutory and regulatory framework for telecommunications by passing the Telecommunications Act, which ...

This revised casebook-plus-commentary offers a basic introduction to the traditional regulation of telephone companies as well as the new lines of businesses they have entered ...

This book describes the transformation of telecommunications from national network monopolies to a new system, the "network of networks," and the glue that holds it together ...

The 1996 Telecommunications Act was an attempt to increase competition among telecommunications providers in the United States by reducing regulatory barriers to market entry ...

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 has failed to fulfill its deregulatory promise. The act in many cases has replaced regulated monopoly with eerily similar regulated ...