Crawford, Susan P. 1963-

Captive audience the telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age / [electronic resource] : Susan Crawford. - New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013. - viii, 360 p.

Includes bibliographical references 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.

9780300153132 9780300167375 (e-book)


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