Captive audience the telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age /

Crawford, Susan P., 1963-

Captive audience the telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age / Susan Crawford. - New Haven [Conn. : Yale University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (viii, 360 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

From railroad to telephone -- Regulatory pendulum : the long twilight struggle -- A family company -- Going vertical : lessons from AOL-Warner -- Netflix, dead or alive -- The peacock disappears -- The programming battering ram -- When cable met wireless -- The biggest squeeze of all -- Comcast's marathon -- The FCC approves -- Aftermath -- The AT&T -- T-Mobile deal -- The costly gift.



9780300167375


Telecommunication--Law and legislation--United States.
Antitrust law--United States.


Electronic Books.

KF2765 / .C378 2013