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Universal access and its asymmetries : the untold story of the last 200 years / Harmeet Sawhney and Hamid R. Ekbia

Sawhney, Harmeet, 1960- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Ekbia, Hamid R., 1955- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2023

xiv, 228 Seiten : Diagramme ; 23 cm

Englisch

Postal system -- Education -- Electrification -- Telephony -- Public libraries -- Broadcasting -- Internet.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: Sawhney, Harmeet Singh, 1960- : Universal access and its asymmetries. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023] (Online-Ausgabe)

Erscheint auch als: Universal access and its asymmetries / Sawhney, Harmeet (Online-Ausgabe)

978-0-262-54455-9 (paperback)

978-0-262-37297-8 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff); 978-0-262-37298-5 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff)

2022006422

OCoLC: 1410537607     

HM851

303.48/33     Ähnliche Literatur

LOC-SH: Digital divide -- United States -- History ; Poor -- Information services -- Government policy -- United States -- History ; Community information services -- United States -- History ; Discrimination in municipal services -- United States -- History

"The pandemic has raised awareness of the need for universal access to high speed internet service in the United States. This book shows us that the debate about internet access is but the latest chapter in a long history of debates about universal service in the United States. This book analyzes the history, costs, and benefits of providing universal access to technologies and services, including education, postal service, telephone service, electrification, public libraries, and Internet"--