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Author: Barbara A. Cherry , Steven S. Wildman , Allen S. Hammond, IV , Allen S. Hammond
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint: Routledge
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Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.589kg
ISBN: 9780805824568
ISBN 10: 0805824561
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 01 August 1999
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print 
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Table of Contents
Contents: Preface. Part I: Introduction.B.A. Cherry, S.S. Wildman, Conceptualizing Universal Service: Definitions, Context, Social Process, and Politics. Part II: Frameworks for Analyzing Universal Service.H. Sawhney, K. Jayakar, Universal Service: Migration of Metaphors. B.A. Cherry, S.S. Wildman, Unilateral and Bilateral Rules: A Framework for Increasing Competition While Meeting Universal Service Goals in Telecommunications. M. Blizinski, Questions for Outlining a Universal Service Policy. Part III: Societal Role and Implications of Universal Service.M. Blizinski, J.R. Schement, Rethinking Universal Service: What's on the Menu? A.W. Batteau, The Social Architecture of Community Computing. A.S. Hammond, IV, Universal Access to Infrastructure and Information. Part IV: Paying for Universal Service.C. Weinhaus, R.K. Lock, H. Albright, M. Jamison, F. Hedemark, D. Harns, S. Makeeff, Overview of Universal Service. D. Gabel, Recovering Access Costs: The Debate. J.C. Smith, Universal Service: A Stakeholder Response. Part V: Embarking on a New Universal Service Policy: The Role of the Federal Government.B.A. Cherry, S.S. Wildman, Review of Federal Universal Service Policy in the United States. W.G. Lavey, Some Legal Puzzles in the 1996 Statutory Provisions for Universal Telecommunications Services. J. McConnaughey, Universal Service and the National Information Infrastructure (NII): Making the Grade on the Information Superhighway? Part VI: The Role of the States.T.W. Bonnett, The New State Role in Ensuring Universal Telecommunications Services. R.K. Lock, Jr., Breaking the Bottleneck and Sharing the Wealth: A Perspective on Universal Service Policy in an Era of Local Competition.
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"""It is an original and very useful book, thanks to the diversity of the contributions it brings together, none of which is superfluous. We can certainly recommend it as it is easy to read and which requires no pre-requisite, even if all contributions are of a very high quality."" —The Journal of Policy Regulation and Strategy for Telecommunications, Informatio ""The book is a valuable compendium because it offers perspectives from multiple disciplines (e.g., communications, law, economics), has contributions from regulators and private sector actors, and provides significant assessments of the advantages and disadvantages of the FCC's recent policy decisions on universal service."" —Political Communication"
It is an original and very useful book, thanks to the diversity of the contributions it brings together, none of which is superfluous. We can certainly recommend it as it is easy to read and which requires no pre-requisite, even if all contributions are of a very high quality. -The Journal of Policy Regulation and Strategy for Telecommunications, Informatio The book is a valuable compendium because it offers perspectives from multiple disciplines (e.g., communications, law, economics), has contributions from regulators and private sector actors, and provides significant assessments of the advantages and disadvantages of the FCC's recent policy decisions on universal service. -Political Communication
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