TY - BOOK AU - Nuechterlein,Jonathan E. AU - Weiser,Philip J. TI - Digital crossroads: American telecommunications policy in the internet age SN - 0262140918 (alk. paper) AV - HE 7781 .N84 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - MIT Press KW - United States KW - Telecommunications Act of 1996 KW - Telecommunication policy KW - Telecommunication KW - Deregulation KW - Internet KW - gtt N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The big picture -- Introduction to wireless telecommunications -- Wireless competition under the 1996 act -- A primer on Internet technology -- Monopoly leveraging concerns and the Internet -- VolP and proposals for "horizontal" regulation -- The spectrum -- Mobile wireless services -- Intercarrier compensation -- Universal service in the age of competition -- Competition in the delivery of television programming -- Telecommunications standards, technological transitions, and digital television -- The future of telecommunications policy ER -