Digital Crossroads: American Telecommunications Policy in the Internet Age (Paperback)
暫譯: 數位交匯點:美國電信政策在網際網路時代的演變 (平裝本)

Jonathan E. Nuechterlein, Philip J. Weiser

  • 出版商: MIT
  • 出版日期: 2007-01-26
  • 售價: $600
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 702
  • 裝訂: Paperback
  • ISBN: 026264066X
  • ISBN-13: 9780262640664
  • 相關分類: 通訊系統 Communication-systems
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With a new preface for the paperback edition

Telecommunications policy profoundly affects the economy and our everyday lives. Yet accounts of important telecommunications issues tend to be either superficial (and inaccurate) or mired in jargon and technical esoterica. In Digital Crossroads, Jonathan Nuechterlein and Philip Weiser offer a clear, balanced, and accessible analysis of competition policy issues in the telecommunications industry. After giving a big picture overview of the field, they present sharply reasoned analyses of the major technological, economic, and legal developments confronting communications policymakers in the twenty-first century.

Since the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, when Congress fundamentally reoriented the existing regulatory scheme, no book has cogently explained the intricacies of telecommunications competition policy in the Internet age for general readers, students, and practitioners alike. Digital Crossroads meets this need, focusing on the regulatory dimensions of competition in wireline and wireless telephone service; competition among rival platforms for broadband Internet service and video distribution; and the Internet's transformation of every aspect of the telecommunications industry, particularly through the emergence of "voice over Internet protocol" (VoIP). The authors explain not just the complicated legal issues governing the industry, but also the rapidly changing technological and economic context in which these issues arise. The book includes extensive endnotes and tables that cover relevant court decisions, FCC orders, and academic commentaries; a glossary of acronyms; a statutory addendum containing the most important provisions of federal telecommunications law; and two appendixes with information on more specialized topics. Supplementary materials for students are available at http://spot.colorado.edu/~weiserpj.

Jonathan E. Nuechterlein is a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in Washington, DC. He served as Deputy General Counsel of the FCC in 2000-2001, as Assistant to the Solicitor General in 1996-2000, and as law clerk to US Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter.

Philip J. Weiser is Associate Professor of Law and Telecommunications at the University of Colorado and Executive Director and Founder of the Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program. He was principal telecommunications adviser to former Assistant Attorney General Joel Klein during the Clinton administration and previously served as law clerk for US Supreme Court Justices Byron R. White and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

 

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements xiii
 
 Preface xv
 
1. The Big Picture 1
 
2. Introduction to Wireline Telecommunications 31
 
3. Wireline Competition Under the 1996 Act 69
 
4. A Primer on Internet Technology 115
 
5. Monopoly Leveraging Concerns and the Internet 149
 
6. VoIP and Proposals for "Horizontal" Regulation 191
 
7. The Spectrum 225
 
8. Mobile Wireless Services 261
 
9. Intercarrier Compensation 291
 
10. Universal Service in the Age of Competition 333
 
11. Competition in the Delivery of Television Programming 357
 
12. Telecommunications Standards, Technological Transitions, and Digital Television 385
 
13. The Future of Telecommunications Policy 407
 
 Appendix A: The Pricing of Network Elements 431
 
 Appendix B: Enforcement Mechanisms Under the 1996 Act 455
 
 Statutory Addendum 461
 
 List of Notable Commentaries 493
 
 Table of Authorities 513
 
 Notes 533
 
 Index 643
 
 Glossary of Acronyms 667 

商品描述(中文翻譯)

**描述**

本書的平裝版新增前言

電信政策深刻影響著經濟和我們的日常生活。然而,關於重要電信議題的報導往往要麼表面化(且不準確),要麼充斥著行話和技術術語。在《Digital Crossroads》中,Jonathan Nuechterlein 和 Philip Weiser 提供了對電信產業競爭政策問題的清晰、平衡且易於理解的分析。在給出該領域的全景概述後,他們對二十一世紀面臨的主要技術、經濟和法律發展進行了深刻的分析。

自1996年通過《電信法》以來,國會徹底重新調整了現有的監管體系,至今尚無一本書能夠清晰地解釋互聯網時代電信競爭政策的複雜性,無論是對於一般讀者、學生還是從業者。《Digital Crossroads》滿足了這一需求,專注於有線和無線電話服務的競爭監管維度;競爭對手平台之間的寬頻互聯網服務和視頻分發的競爭;以及互聯網對電信產業各個方面的轉型,特別是通過「網際網路語音協議」(VoIP)的出現。作者不僅解釋了行業內部的複雜法律問題,還闡述了這些問題出現的快速變化的技術和經濟背景。本書包括大量的尾註和表格,涵蓋相關的法院裁決、FCC命令和學術評論;一個縮略語詞彙表;一個包含聯邦電信法最重要條款的法定附錄;以及兩個附錄,提供有關更專業主題的信息。學生的補充材料可在 http://spot.colorado.edu/~weiserpj 獲得。

Jonathan E. Nuechterlein 是位於華盛頓特區的 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 的合夥人。他曾於2000-2001年擔任FCC副總法律顧問,1996-2000年擔任美國總檢察長助理,並曾擔任美國最高法院大法官 David H. Souter 的法官助理。

Philip J. Weiser 是科羅拉多大學的法律與電信副教授,也是硅谷 Flatirons 電信計劃的執行董事和創始人。他曾在克林頓政府期間擔任前助理檢察長 Joel Klein 的主要電信顧問,並曾擔任美國最高法院大法官 Byron R. White 和 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 的法官助理。

**目錄**

致謝 xiii

前言 xv

1. 大局觀 1

2. 有線電信簡介 31

3. 根據1996年法案的有線競爭 69

4. 網際網路技術入門 115

5. 壟斷槓桿擔憂與網際網路 149

6. VoIP 與「水平」監管提案 191

7. 頻譜 225

8. 行動無線服務 261

9. 互運商補償 291

10. 競爭時代的普遍服務 333

11. 電視節目傳送的競爭 357

12. 電信標準、技術轉型與數位電視 385

13. 電信政策的未來 407

附錄 A: 網路元素的定價 431

附錄 B: 根據1996年法案的執行機制 455

法定附錄 461

著名評論列表 493

權威表 513

註釋 533

索引 643

縮略語詞彙表 667