Making Universal Service Policy - Enhancing the Process Through Multidisciplinary Evaluation

This volume presents the current state of universal service policy from governmental, academic, and industry perspectives. It will be of great use to those involved in communication policy, including lawyers, economists, policy makers and scholars.

List 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.

About the author

Barbara A. Cherry, Steven S. Wildman, IV Hammond, Allen S. Hammond

Summary

This volume presents the current state of universal service policy from governmental, academic, and industry perspectives. It will be of great use to those involved in communication policy, including lawyers, economists, policy makers and scholars.

Product details

• Assisted by: Barbara A Cherry (Editor), Barbara A. Cherry (Editor), Cherry Barbara A. (Editor), Allen S Hammond (Editor), Allen S. Hammond (Editor), Allen S Hammond IV (Editor), Allen S. Hammond IV (Editor), Steven S Wildman (Editor), Steven S. Wildman (Editor), Wildman Steven S. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.1999
• EAN: 9780805824568
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-2456-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Weight: 680 g
• Series: LEA Telecommunications Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Telecommunications, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Business competition, Communications engineering / telecommunications, Postal & Telecommunications Industries