The Second Information Revolution /

The Second Information Revolution / Gerald W. Brock.

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Thanks to inexpensive computers and data communications, the speed and volume of human communication are exponentially greater than they were even a quarter-century ago. Not since the advent of the telephone and telegraph in the nineteenth century has information technology changed daily life so rad...

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author: Brock, Gerald W. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2021]
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The First Information Revolution
  • 3 Technological Origins of the Second Information Revolution, 1940-1950
  • 4 The SAGE Project
  • I The Separate Worlds of Computers and Communications, 1950-1968
  • 5 The Early Semiconductor Industry
  • 6 The Early Commercial Computer Industry
  • 7 The Regulated Monopoly Telephone Industry
  • II Boundary Disputes and Limited Competition, 1969-1984
  • 8 Data Communications
  • 9 From Mainframes to Microprocessors
  • 10 The Computer-Communications Boundary
  • 11 Fringe Competition in Long Distance Telephone Service
  • 12 Divestiture and Access Charges
  • III Interconnected Competition and Integrated Services, 1985-2002
  • 13 Mobile Telephones and Spectrum Reform
  • 14 Local Competition and the Telecommunications Act of 1996
  • 15 The Internet and the World Wide Web
  • 16 Conclusion
  • References
  • Index.

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