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Title: Captive Audience
Author: Susan P. Crawford
Narrator: Carol Hendrickson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-16-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 48 votes
Genres: Science & Technology, Technology
Publisher's Summary:
Ten years ago, the United States stood at the forefront of the Internet revolution. With some of the fastest speeds and lowest prices in the world for high-speed Internet access, the nation was poised to be the global leader in the new knowledge-based economy. Today that global competitive advantage has all but vanished because of a series of government decisions and resulting monopolies that have allowed dozens of countries, including Japan and South Korea, to pass us in both speed and price of broadband. This steady slide backward not only deprives consumers of vital services needed in a competitive employment and business market - it also threatens the economic future of the nation.
This important book by leading telecommunications policy expert Susan Crawford explores why Americans are now paying much more but getting much less when it comes to high-speed Internet access. Using the 2011 merger between Comcast and NBC Universal as a lens, Crawford examines how we have created the biggest monopoly since the breakup of Standard Oil a century ago. In the clearest terms, this book explores how telecommunications monopolies have affected the daily lives of consumers and America's global economic standing.
Members Reviews:
Great info, dry delivery
I highly recommend listening to this book because it brings context to the internet situation we have today and draws allegory with similar situations we surmounted in the past in regard to railroads and electricity. Just be ready for a flat, robotic delivery by the reader.
Thorough, even-handed and alarming
Any additional comments?
Performance took some getting used to for me but was excellent overall. This is an alarming and infuriating expose on internet service in the US. Very even-handed apart from an occasional subjective comment or conclusion, but never manipulative or to the detriment of the well-researched and presented facts. Certain sections are perhaps a little longer than necessary but otherwise an excellent book.
A bit confusing
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Probably not. It's okay if you're really into the material, but I work in the telco industry and even I found the terms she uses to be confusing. Not a great narrative in there.
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Title: Captive Audience
Author: Susan P. Crawford
Narrator: Carol Hendrickson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-16-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 48 votes
Genres: Science & Technology, Technology
Publisher's Summary:
Ten years ago, the United States stood at the forefront of the Internet revolution. With some of the fastest speeds and lowest prices in the world for high-speed Internet access, the nation was poised to be the global leader in the new knowledge-based economy. Today that global competitive advantage has all but vanished because of a series of government decisions and resulting monopolies that have allowed dozens of countries, including Japan and South Korea, to pass us in both speed and price of broadband. This steady slide backward not only deprives consumers of vital services needed in a competitive employment and business market - it also threatens the economic future of the nation.
This important book by leading telecommunications policy expert Susan Crawford explores why Americans are now paying much more but getting much less when it comes to high-speed Internet access. Using the 2011 merger between Comcast and NBC Universal as a lens, Crawford examines how we have created the biggest monopoly since the breakup of Standard Oil a century ago. In the clearest terms, this book explores how telecommunications monopolies have affected the daily lives of consumers and America's global economic standing.
Members Reviews:
Great info, dry delivery
I highly recommend listening to this book because it brings context to the internet situation we have today and draws allegory with similar situations we surmounted in the past in regard to railroads and electricity. Just be ready for a flat, robotic delivery by the reader.
Thorough, even-handed and alarming
Any additional comments?
Performance took some getting used to for me but was excellent overall. This is an alarming and infuriating expose on internet service in the US. Very even-handed apart from an occasional subjective comment or conclusion, but never manipulative or to the detriment of the well-researched and presented facts. Certain sections are perhaps a little longer than necessary but otherwise an excellent book.
A bit confusing
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Probably not. It's okay if you're really into the material, but I work in the telco industry and even I found the terms she uses to be confusing. Not a great narrative in there.