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| adam_text | SHAPING AMERICAN
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
A HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY,
POLICY, AND ECONOMICS
CHRISTOPHER H. STERLING
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
PHYLLIS W. BERNT
OHIO UNIVERSITY
MARTIN B. H. WEISS
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES
TAYLOR & FRANCIS CROUP
NEW YORK LONDON
CONTENTS
PREFACE XV
ABOUT THE AUTHORS XVII
1 INTRODUCING TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1
1.1 TECHNOLOGY*THE MEANS 2
BASICS 2
TELEPHONE SYSTEMS 4
LOCAL LOOP 6
DIGITAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS 7
HIGH-CAPACITY CHANNELS 8
DATA NETWORKS 10
1.2 ECONOMICS*PAYING FOR IT 12
SUPPLY AND DEMAND 12
MARKET STRUCTURE 13
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS 18
1.3 POLICY*BUILDING BOUNDARIES 20
COMMUNICATION COMMON CARRIERS 21
PUBLIC UTILITY CONCEPT 22
LEGAL BASES OF REGULATION 23
CONSTITUTIONAL BASES OF REGULATION 26
REGULATORY THEORIES 27
REGULATORY STRUCTURE 30
JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES 32
VII
VLII -#* CONTENTS
2 TELEGRAPH TO TELEPHONE (TO 1893) 36
2.1 TECHNOLOGY*LIMITS AND OPPORTUNITIES 37
ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY 37
ROLE OF PATENTS 38
2.2 TELEGRAPHY*CREATING NEW PATTERNS (TO 1860) 38
MORSE 38
EXTENDING THE TELEGRAPH 40
RAILWAY SYNERGY 41
WESTERN UNION 42
2.3 BUILDING A TELEGRAPH INDUSTRY (1860-76) 43
SUPPORTIVE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT 44
MONOPOLY 45
NETWORK ECONOMICS 47
IMPACT OF INSTANT COMMUNICATION 48
SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHY*GOING INTERNATIONAL 49
2.4 TELEPHONY*ADDING VOICES (1876-85) 50
BELL S DEVICE* NOTHING MUCH NEW 50
SEARCH FOR SUPPORT 51
BUILDING A TELEPHONE SYSTEM 53
PATENT FIGHT 55
2.5 DEVELOPING THE TELEPHONE INDUSTRY (1885-93) 56
FRACTIOUS LOCAL EXCHANGES 56
WESTERN ELECTRIC 57
DEVELOPING AT&T 58
3 ERA OF COMPETITION (1893-1921) 64
3.1 IMPROVING TECHNOLOGIES 65
SWITCHING*CONNECTING EVERYONE 65
AUTOMATIC SWITCHING 66
LONG DISTANCE TRANSMISSION 6 7
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONY 68
PATENT POOL 70
3.2 COMPETITION APPEARS 70
RISE OF THE INDEPENDENTS 71
VAIL AND AT&T CENTRALIZATION 72
BELL S RESPONSE TO COMPETITION 74
3.3 TWISTING PATH OF GOVERNMENT REGULATION 77
INTERCONNECTION 78
MANN-ELKINS ACT 78
1913 ANTITRUST SUIT 79
KINGSBURY COMMITMENT 80
WARTIME GOVERNMENT CONTROL 81
WILLIS-GRAHAM ACT 82
CONTENTS *-#*- IX
4 REGULATED MONOPOLY (1921-56) 86
4.1 FURTHER TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE 86
TRANSMISSION*MULTIPLEX 86
TRANSMISSION*MICROWAVE 87
SWITCHING 89
RADIO BROADCASTING 90
TRANSISTORS 91
4.2 ECONOMICS 93
CONCEPTS OF NATURAL MONOPOLY 93
RATE-OF-RETURN REGULATION 95
SEPARATIONS 99
4.3 REGULATION*SETTING A PATTERN 204
RADIO ACT 104
SPLAWN REPORT 104
COMMUNICATIONS ACT 105
FCC TELEPHONE INVESTIGATION 106
WALKER REPORT 107
4.4 ANTITRUST: THE 1949 SUIT 108
1949 COMPLAINT 109
DERAILING THE SUIT 110
1956 FINAL JUDGMENT 112
AFTERMATH 113
5 COMPETITION REAPPEARS (195 6-74) 118
5.1 TECHNOLOGY*ADDING COMPETITIVE OPTIONS 118
SOLID-STATE ELECTRONICS 119
COMPUTER REVOLUTION 120
COMMUNICATION SATELLITES 121
COAXIAL CABLE 123
5.2 TERMINAL EQUIPMENT COMPETITION 124
HUSH-A-PHONE 124
CARTERFONE 125
BELL SYSTEM PCAS 126
FCC CERTIFICATION 126
5.3 OPENING UP TRANSMISSION 227
ABOVE 890 DECISION 127
TELPAK 129
SEVEN-WAY COST STUDY 130
5.4 CREATING SPECIALIZED CARRIERS 132
FORMATION OF MCI 131
APPROVING MCI 133
INTERCONNECTION NEGOTIATIONS 133
MORE APPLICANTS 134
SCC DECISION 134
DOMSATS 135
CONTENTS
5.5 AT&T RESPONDS TO COMPETITION 136
CHANGING IMAGE 137
NARUC SPEECH 137
DEFEATING DATRAN 138
FX SERVICE DECISION 139
GOING PUBLIC 140
6 BREAKING UP BELL (19 74-84) 145
6.1 FILING SUITS 247
MCI BRINGS SUIT 147
JUSTICE FILES ITS CASE 149
AT&T RESPONDS 150
6.2 A DEFINING INTERLUDE*EXECUNET 251
A NEW SERVICE 152
FCC VERSUS THE COURT 153
ENFIA 153
6.3 TRIAL AND SETTLEMENT 254
PAPER CHASE 154
ATTEMPTS TO SETTLE 155
TRIAL 156
SETTLEMENT 157
6.4 BREAKUP: DEFINING THE MFJ 258
AGREEMENT 158
DEFINING LOCAL 159
REORGANIZATION 160
LINE OF BUSINESS RESTRICTIONS 162
6.5 BABY BELLS 264
CONCEPT*LIMITED REGIONAL POWER 164
PEOPLE 167
6.6 CHANGING ECONOMICS 268
RISING COSTS 168
BYPASS FEAR 170
7 OPERATING UNDER THE MFJ (1984-96) 178
7.1 FREE THE RBOC SEVEN 2 78
PETITIONS FOR CHANGE 179
TRIENNIAL REVIEW 182
DECISION 184
7.1 LONG DISTANCE MARKETPLACE 285
AT&T TRIVESTITURE 186
LUCENT 187
BELL LABS 188
LONG DISTANCE COMPETITION 188
7.3 CHANGING ECONOMIC POLICIES 289
EQUAL ACCESS 190
ACCESS CHARGES AND NECA 193
CONTENTS *-#- XI
SWITCHED AND SPECIAL ACCESS 194
IMPACT ON UNIVERSAL SERVICE 197
ACCOMMODATING COMPETITION 199
IMPLEMENTING PRICE CAPS 201
7 A TO REGULATE OR NOT TO REGULATE 204
FCC COMPUTER INQUIRIES 204
COMPUTER INQUIRY III AND ONA 208
JURISDICTION*CONGRESS, THE COURTS, OR THE FCC? 210
7.5 EXPORTING DEREGULATION 212
PRIVATIZATION AND LIBERALIZATION 212
MARKET FLEXIBILITY 214
OPENING MARKETS 217
GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, MERGERS, AND JOINT VENTURES 218
TRADE ISSUES AND THE WTO 219
8 INNOVATING NEW SERVICES (198OS/199OS) 228
8.1 DIGITAL AGE 228
BASICS 228
SWITCHES 229
8.2 WIRELESS TELEPHONY 231
EMERGING ROLE OF WIRELESS 231
CELLULAR SYSTEMS 232
CHANGING CELLULAR STANDARDS 233
8.3 MANAGING SPECTRUM 234
IMPLEMENTING LOTTERIES 235
AUCTIONING SPECTRUM 236
AUCTION TROUBLES 237
SPECTRUM TASK FORCE 238
FINDING 3G SPECTRUM 239
8.4 CABLE CONVERGENCE 240
RISE OF CABLE TELEVISION 241
CABLE/TELEPHONE OWNERSHIP 241
FIRST MERGER MOVES 243
BROADBAND GAMBLES 244
8.5 INTERNET AND INFORMATION 246
EARLY INFORMATION SERVICES 246
ARPANET 248
COMMERCIALIZATION 249
DSL VERSUS CABLE MODEMS 249
VOICE OVER IP 253
9 1996 ACT AND AFTERMATH (1996-2000) 258
9.1 WHY CHANGE TOOK SO LONG 259
EARLIER ATTEMPTS 260
1986 DOLE BILL 260
XII *- CONTENTS
INDUSTRY COMPLEXITY 261
POLITICAL FACTORS 262
9.2 LEGISLATING COMPETITION AND CONVERGENCE 263
(RE)INTRODUCING LOCAL COMPETITION 264
THE WAR OF ALL AGAINST ALL 266
CONVERGENCE? 267
9.3 STREAMLINING GOVERNMENT 268
EASING FCC RULES AND REGULATIONS 268
REDEFINING STATE AND LOCAL ROLES 269
9.4 REDEFINING UNIVERSAL SERVICE 270
CREATING A NATIONAL POLICY 271
. . . AND PAYING FOR IT 273
FROM UNIVERSAL SERVICE TO UNIVERSAL ACCESS? 278
9.5 THE FCC IMPLEMENTS NEW REGULATIONS 279
INTERCONNECTION 279
PRICING GUIDELINES 282
TRIENNIAL REVIEW 284
SECTION 271 PROCEEDINGS 286
9.6 MERGER FEVER 288
RBOC MERGERS 289
BELLCORE 291
RISE OF WORLDCOM 292
9.7 APPEALS, DELAY, DECISIONS, AND IMPACT 294
APPEALS 294
THE COURTS RULE 296
WINNERS AND LOSERS 299
PROSPECTS 301
10 MELTDOWN ... AND THE FUTURE (SINCE 2000) 313
10.1 OVERCAPACITY 314
FIBER LINKS 314
WIRELESS NETWORKS 316
BROADBAND SERVICES 318
POOR PREDICTIONS 319
10.2 ECONOMIC PRESSURE 320
INVESTMENT: FRENZY TO FREEZE 320
STOCK PRICE DECLINES 322
LAYOFFS 323
FRAUD 325
BANKRUPTCY 327
10.3 WAVES OF DISASTER 328
FIRST: DOT.COMS 329
SECOND: MANUFACTURERS 330
THIRD: CLECS 331
FOURTH: INTEREXCHANGE CARRIERS 334
FIFTH: WIRELESS PROVIDERS 335
SMALLER WAVES? 337
CONTENTS -** XIII
10.4 POLICY CONFUSION 338
PROMISE OF THE 1996 ACT 339
TAUZIN-DINGELL DEBATE 339
FCC DEREGULATORY MANTRA 340
AUCTION DEBACLE 342
ANTITRUST AS POLICY 343
10.5 LOOKING TO THE FUTURE 345
CLEARING THE GLUT 345
CONSOLIDATING FURTHER 346
REFORMING MANAGEMENT 348
CONTINUING RESEARCH 349
REVIVING POLICYMAKING 350
SUMMING UP 351
APPENDICES
A. REGULATORY CONCEPTS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS
ECONOMICS, FINANCE, AND ACCOUNTING 360
A.I REGULATORY REGIMES 360
A.2 COST ISSUES 367
A.3 PRICING ISSUES 372
B. GLOSSARY 376
C. CHRONOLOGY 384
D. HISTORICAL STATISTICS 394
REFERENCES 398
AUTHOR INDEX 411
SUBJECT INDEX 415
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SHAPING AMERICAN
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
A HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY,
POLICY, AND ECONOMICS
CHRISTOPHER H. STERLING
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
PHYLLIS W. BERNT
OHIO UNIVERSITY
MARTIN B. H. WEISS
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES
TAYLOR & FRANCIS CROUP
NEW YORK LONDON
CONTENTS
PREFACE XV
ABOUT THE AUTHORS XVII
1 INTRODUCING TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1
1.1 TECHNOLOGY*THE MEANS 2
BASICS 2
TELEPHONE SYSTEMS 4
LOCAL LOOP 6
DIGITAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS 7
HIGH-CAPACITY CHANNELS 8
DATA NETWORKS 10
1.2 ECONOMICS*PAYING FOR IT 12
SUPPLY AND DEMAND 12
MARKET STRUCTURE 13
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS 18
1.3 POLICY*BUILDING BOUNDARIES 20
COMMUNICATION COMMON CARRIERS 21
PUBLIC UTILITY CONCEPT 22
LEGAL BASES OF REGULATION 23
CONSTITUTIONAL BASES OF REGULATION 26
REGULATORY THEORIES 27
REGULATORY STRUCTURE 30
JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES 32
VII
VLII -#* CONTENTS
2 TELEGRAPH TO TELEPHONE (TO 1893) 36
2.1 TECHNOLOGY*LIMITS AND OPPORTUNITIES 37
ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY 37
ROLE OF PATENTS 38
2.2 TELEGRAPHY*CREATING NEW PATTERNS (TO 1860) 38
MORSE 38
EXTENDING THE TELEGRAPH 40
RAILWAY SYNERGY 41
WESTERN UNION 42
2.3 BUILDING A TELEGRAPH INDUSTRY (1860-76) 43
SUPPORTIVE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT 44
MONOPOLY 45
NETWORK ECONOMICS 47
IMPACT OF INSTANT COMMUNICATION 48
SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHY*GOING INTERNATIONAL 49
2.4 TELEPHONY*ADDING VOICES (1876-85) 50
BELL'S DEVICE*"NOTHING MUCH NEW" 50
SEARCH FOR SUPPORT 51
BUILDING A TELEPHONE SYSTEM 53
PATENT FIGHT 55
2.5 DEVELOPING THE TELEPHONE INDUSTRY (1885-93) 56
FRACTIOUS LOCAL EXCHANGES 56
WESTERN ELECTRIC 57
DEVELOPING AT&T 58
3 ERA OF COMPETITION (1893-1921) 64
3.1 IMPROVING TECHNOLOGIES 65
SWITCHING*CONNECTING EVERYONE 65
AUTOMATIC SWITCHING 66
LONG DISTANCE TRANSMISSION 6 7
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONY 68
PATENT POOL 70
3.2 COMPETITION APPEARS 70
RISE OF THE "INDEPENDENTS" 71
VAIL AND AT&T CENTRALIZATION 72
BELL'S RESPONSE TO COMPETITION 74
3.3 TWISTING PATH OF GOVERNMENT REGULATION 77
INTERCONNECTION 78
MANN-ELKINS ACT 78
1913 ANTITRUST SUIT 79
KINGSBURY COMMITMENT 80
WARTIME GOVERNMENT CONTROL 81
WILLIS-GRAHAM ACT 82
CONTENTS *-#*- IX
4 REGULATED MONOPOLY (1921-56) 86
4.1 FURTHER TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE 86
TRANSMISSION*MULTIPLEX 86
TRANSMISSION*MICROWAVE 87
SWITCHING 89
RADIO BROADCASTING 90
TRANSISTORS 91
4.2 ECONOMICS 93
CONCEPTS OF "NATURAL MONOPOLY" 93
RATE-OF-RETURN REGULATION 95
SEPARATIONS 99
4.3 REGULATION*SETTING A PATTERN 204
RADIO ACT 104
SPLAWN REPORT 104
COMMUNICATIONS ACT 105
FCC TELEPHONE INVESTIGATION 106
WALKER REPORT 107
4.4 ANTITRUST: THE 1949 SUIT 108
1949 COMPLAINT 109
DERAILING THE SUIT 110
1956 FINAL JUDGMENT 112
AFTERMATH 113
5 COMPETITION REAPPEARS (195 6-74) 118
5.1 TECHNOLOGY*ADDING COMPETITIVE OPTIONS 118
SOLID-STATE ELECTRONICS 119
COMPUTER REVOLUTION 120
COMMUNICATION SATELLITES 121
COAXIAL CABLE 123
5.2 TERMINAL EQUIPMENT COMPETITION 124
HUSH-A-PHONE 124
CARTERFONE 125
BELL SYSTEM PCAS 126
FCC CERTIFICATION 126
5.3 OPENING UP TRANSMISSION 227
ABOVE 890 DECISION 127
TELPAK 129
SEVEN-WAY COST STUDY 130
5.4 CREATING SPECIALIZED CARRIERS 132
FORMATION OF MCI 131
APPROVING MCI 133
INTERCONNECTION NEGOTIATIONS 133
MORE APPLICANTS 134
SCC DECISION 134
DOMSATS 135
CONTENTS
5.5 AT&T RESPONDS TO COMPETITION 136
CHANGING IMAGE 137
NARUC SPEECH 137
DEFEATING DATRAN 138
FX SERVICE DECISION 139
GOING PUBLIC 140
6 BREAKING UP BELL (19 74-84) 145
6.1 FILING SUITS 247
MCI BRINGS SUIT 147
JUSTICE FILES ITS CASE 149
AT&T RESPONDS 150
6.2 A DEFINING INTERLUDE*EXECUNET 251
A NEW SERVICE 152
FCC VERSUS THE COURT 153
ENFIA 153
6.3 TRIAL AND SETTLEMENT 254
PAPER CHASE 154
ATTEMPTS TO SETTLE 155
TRIAL 156
SETTLEMENT 157
6.4 BREAKUP: DEFINING THE MFJ 258
AGREEMENT 158
DEFINING "LOCAL" 159
REORGANIZATION 160
LINE OF BUSINESS RESTRICTIONS 162
6.5 BABY BELLS 264
CONCEPT*LIMITED REGIONAL POWER 164
PEOPLE 167
6.6 CHANGING ECONOMICS 268
RISING COSTS 168
BYPASS FEAR 170
7 OPERATING UNDER THE MFJ (1984-96) 178
7.1 "FREE THE RBOC SEVEN" 2 78
PETITIONS FOR CHANGE 179
TRIENNIAL REVIEW 182
DECISION 184
7.1 LONG DISTANCE MARKETPLACE 285
AT&T TRIVESTITURE 186
LUCENT 187
BELL LABS 188
LONG DISTANCE COMPETITION 188
7.3 CHANGING ECONOMIC POLICIES 289
EQUAL ACCESS 190
ACCESS CHARGES AND NECA 193
CONTENTS *-#- XI
SWITCHED AND SPECIAL ACCESS 194
IMPACT ON UNIVERSAL SERVICE 197
ACCOMMODATING COMPETITION 199
IMPLEMENTING PRICE CAPS 201
7 A TO REGULATE OR NOT TO REGULATE 204
FCC COMPUTER INQUIRIES 204
COMPUTER INQUIRY III AND ONA 208
JURISDICTION*CONGRESS, THE COURTS, OR THE FCC? 210
7.5 EXPORTING DEREGULATION 212
PRIVATIZATION AND LIBERALIZATION 212
MARKET FLEXIBILITY 214
OPENING MARKETS 217
GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, MERGERS, AND JOINT VENTURES 218
TRADE ISSUES AND THE WTO 219
8 INNOVATING NEW SERVICES (198OS/199OS) 228
8.1 DIGITAL AGE 228
BASICS 228
SWITCHES 229
8.2 WIRELESS TELEPHONY 231
EMERGING ROLE OF WIRELESS 231
CELLULAR SYSTEMS 232
CHANGING CELLULAR STANDARDS 233
8.3 MANAGING SPECTRUM 234
IMPLEMENTING LOTTERIES 235
AUCTIONING SPECTRUM 236
AUCTION TROUBLES 237
SPECTRUM TASK FORCE 238
FINDING 3G SPECTRUM 239
8.4 CABLE CONVERGENCE 240
RISE OF CABLE TELEVISION 241
CABLE/TELEPHONE OWNERSHIP 241
FIRST MERGER MOVES 243
BROADBAND GAMBLES 244
8.5 INTERNET AND INFORMATION 246
EARLY INFORMATION SERVICES 246
ARPANET 248
COMMERCIALIZATION 249
DSL VERSUS CABLE MODEMS 249
VOICE OVER IP 253
9 1996 ACT AND AFTERMATH (1996-2000) 258
9.1 WHY CHANGE TOOK SO LONG 259
EARLIER ATTEMPTS 260
1986 DOLE BILL 260
XII "*- CONTENTS
INDUSTRY COMPLEXITY 261
POLITICAL FACTORS 262
9.2 LEGISLATING COMPETITION AND CONVERGENCE 263
(RE)INTRODUCING LOCAL COMPETITION 264
THE "WAR OF ALL AGAINST ALL" 266
CONVERGENCE? 267
9.3 STREAMLINING GOVERNMENT 268
EASING FCC RULES AND REGULATIONS 268
REDEFINING STATE AND LOCAL ROLES 269
9.4 REDEFINING UNIVERSAL SERVICE 270
CREATING A NATIONAL POLICY 271
. . . AND PAYING FOR IT 273
FROM UNIVERSAL SERVICE TO UNIVERSAL ACCESS? 278
9.5 THE FCC IMPLEMENTS NEW REGULATIONS 279
INTERCONNECTION 279
PRICING GUIDELINES 282
TRIENNIAL REVIEW 284
SECTION 271 PROCEEDINGS 286
9.6 MERGER FEVER 288
RBOC MERGERS 289
BELLCORE 291
RISE OF WORLDCOM 292
9.7 APPEALS, DELAY, DECISIONS, AND IMPACT 294
APPEALS 294
THE COURTS RULE 296
WINNERS AND LOSERS 299
PROSPECTS 301
10 MELTDOWN . AND THE FUTURE (SINCE 2000) 313
10.1 OVERCAPACITY 314
FIBER LINKS 314
WIRELESS NETWORKS 316
BROADBAND SERVICES 318
POOR PREDICTIONS 319
10.2 ECONOMIC PRESSURE 320
INVESTMENT: FRENZY TO FREEZE 320
STOCK PRICE DECLINES 322
LAYOFFS 323
FRAUD 325
BANKRUPTCY 327
10.3 WAVES OF DISASTER 328
FIRST: DOT.COMS 329
SECOND: MANUFACTURERS 330
THIRD: CLECS 331
FOURTH: INTEREXCHANGE CARRIERS 334
FIFTH: WIRELESS PROVIDERS 335
SMALLER WAVES? 337
CONTENTS -** XIII
10.4 POLICY CONFUSION 338
"PROMISE" OF THE 1996 ACT 339
TAUZIN-DINGELL DEBATE 339
FCC DEREGULATORY MANTRA 340
AUCTION DEBACLE 342
ANTITRUST AS POLICY 343
10.5 LOOKING TO THE FUTURE 345
CLEARING THE GLUT 345
CONSOLIDATING FURTHER 346
REFORMING MANAGEMENT 348
CONTINUING RESEARCH 349
REVIVING POLICYMAKING 350
SUMMING UP 351
APPENDICES
A. REGULATORY CONCEPTS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS
ECONOMICS, FINANCE, AND ACCOUNTING 360
A.I REGULATORY REGIMES 360
A.2 COST ISSUES 367
A.3 PRICING ISSUES 372
B. GLOSSARY 376
C. CHRONOLOGY 384
D. HISTORICAL STATISTICS 394
REFERENCES 398
AUTHOR INDEX 411
SUBJECT INDEX 415 |
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