[Nfbktad] Windows Secrets: Comcast and Time Warner Cable: Theupshot for us

[John Glisson]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing, Rick. John g.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Nfbktad [mailto:nfbktad-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rick Roderick
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 1:09 PM
To: NFB of Kentucky,Technology Assistance Division
Subject: Re: [Nfbktad] Windows Secrets: Comcast and Time Warner Cable:
Theupshot for us

Here is a book that touches on the issues brought up in this article. It is
on Bookshare. I have read it and recommend it.

Captive Audience by Susan P. Crawford

Ten years ago, the United States stood at the forefront of the Internet
revolution. With some of the fastest speeds and lowest prices in the world
for high-speed Internet access, the nation was poised to be the global
leader in the new knowledge-based economy. Today that global competitive
advantage has all but vanished because of a series of government decisions
and resulting monopolies that have allowed dozens of countries, including
Japan and South Korea, to pass us in both speed and price of broadband. This
steady slide backward not only deprives consumers of vital services needed
in a competitive employment and business market--it also threatens the
economic future of the nation.This important book by leading
telecommunications policy expert Susan Crawford explores why Americans are
now paying much more but getting much less when it comes to high-speed
Internet access. Using the 2011 merger between Comcast and NBC Universal as
a lens, Crawford examines how we have created the biggest monopoly since the
breakup of Standard Oil a century ago. In the clearest terms, this book
explores how telecommunications monopolies have affected the daily lives of
consumers and America's global economic standing.

America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Crawford, Susan
P., 1963- Captive audience ...

Copyright: 2013


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