Changing Nature of Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure.

The Changing Nature of Telecommunications/Information Infrastructure -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction and Overview -- PART 1-SETTING THE STAGE -- PART 2-REGULATION AND THE EMERGING TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE -- PART 3-PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE -- CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES -- Accommodating Rapid Technological Changes -- Standards and Standards Setting -- Democratization -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- NOTES -- Part 1 Setting the Stage -- Introduction to Part 1 -- The Evolution of the Telecommunications Infrastructure -- HOW THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK BECAME DIGITAL -- THE ADVENT OF DIGITAL SWITCHING -- THE BOTTLENECK: LOCAL LOOP ACCESS -- THE PACKETIZING OF COMMUNICATIONS: ATM -- THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE -- THE USER VIEW OF INTERNET ECONOMICS -- THE CONTRAST IN PHILOSOPHY BETWEEN THE INTERNET AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS -- MULTIMEDIA AND THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET -- The Search for the Holy Paradigm: Regulating the Information Infrastructure in the 21st Century -- DEFINITION OF THE INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE -- REGULATION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE -- Goals of Regulation -- Liberty -- Equity -- Community -- Efficiency -- Participatory Access -- REGULATORY PARADIGMS -- Stage 1: Scarcity -- Production -- Distribution Media -- Reception -- Summary of Stage 1 -- Stage 2: Abundance and Competition -- Production -- Distribution Media -- Reception -- Summary of Stage 2 -- THE NEW COMPLEXITY -- Technological Trends -- Economic Trends -- Sociological and Organizational Trends -- Political Trends -- Scientific Trends -- TOWARD A NEW REGULATORY PARADIGM FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION -- MAJOR ISSUES AHEAD -- Production -- Intellectual Property -- Content Controls -- Public Space and Information -- Distribution -- Infrastructure -- Universal Service -- Community -- Reception -- User Control -- Privacy -- Information Literacy.