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

"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 analyz...

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Superior document:Information policy series
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, Massachusetts : : The MIT Press,, [2022]
Year of Publication:2022
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Information policy series.
Physical Description:1 online resource (237 pages) :; illustrations
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