Digital Crossroads or Electricity Fluid Power and Mechanical Systems for Industrial Maintenance

Digital Crossroads: American Telecommunications Policy in the Internet Age

Author: Jonathan E Nuechterlein

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; astatutory 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 spot.colorado.edu/~weiserpj.

Table of Contents:

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
App. A	The pricing of network elements	431
App. B	Enforcement mechanisms under the 1996 Act	455

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Electricity, Fluid Power, and Mechanical Systems for Industrial Maintenance

Author: Thomas E Kissell

This book reflects the recent shift in industry that finds companies consolidating employees from multiple trades—such as electricians, mechanics, pipe fitters, and hydraulic technicians—into a single position deemed "mechanic." Specifically designed to meet this change and prepare students for the new job classification, it provides an integrated presentation of the tools and techniques for troubleshooting electrical systems, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, and mechanical systems of modern machines.

Booknews

A text on operational theory, installation, and troubleshooting of three major systems found in nearly all industrial machines, focusing on the interactions and interdependence of these systems. Emphasis is on troubleshooting and repair. Contains sections on safety, and electrical, fluid power, and mechanical systems, with material on electricity presented in several subsections. Includes chapter objectives, questions, quizes, and problems. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.