Interconnecting the Network of Networks
Publisher: The MIT Press; MIT Press
Published: June 4, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 375
ISBN-13: 9780262140720
Subjects: Political economy; Postal & telecommunications industries; Social Policy; Telecommunication (Engineering); Technology; Business / Economics / Finance; Science/Mathematics; Economics - General; Marketing - Telemarketing; Networking - General; Business & Economics / Economics / General; Public Policy - General; Telecommunications; Computer networks; Internetworking (Telecommunica; Internetworking (Telecommunication)
First sentence: This book is about the transformation of telecommunications from national network monopolies to a new system, the network of networks, and about the glue that holds it together, interconnection.
Description: "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, interconnection.".

"Taking a broad, multidisciplinary perspective, Eli Noam discusses the importance and history of interconnection policy, as well as recent policy reforms both within the United States and around the globe. Other important topics he discusses include interconnection prices, the unbundling of interconnection, and the technology of interconnection.

He concludes with an examination of social and policy issues, including the free flow of content, universal service and privacy protection, and the future of telecommunications."--BOOK JACKET.