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Susan Crawford on Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry & Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age

Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society · talk · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Susan Crawford talks at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center about her book Captive Audience. She argues that deregulation and consolidation left a few telecom companies in control of American internet access, so people pay too much for slow service.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended in broadband and net neutrality threads as an overview of the US telecom monopoly problem.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2014

What HN commenters said

  1. “It's a pretty good overview of the American broadband infrastructure problem.”

    Overview of the American broadband infrastructure problem

    cameron913, 2013-07 · Recommendation · in “Telco Astroturfing Tries To Bring Down Reviews Of Susan Crawford's Book”

  2. “Here's a talk she gave at Harvard summarizing the story and issues at stake”

    Crawford summarizes the history and stakes of telecom consolidation

    graedus, 2014-01 · Recommendation · in “Net neutrality is half-dead: Court strikes down FCC’s anti-blocking rules”

  3. “It goes over the telecom industry, how it's not competitive and the current day incentives/problems.”

    Covers non-competitive telecom industry and its incentives

    fossuser, 2014-02 · Recommendation · in “Why is broadband more expensive in the US?”

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Topics: telecom, net neutrality, broadband, monopoly, internet policy

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