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New information on the rapidly changing configuration of urban telecommunications. Describes the interplay among public utility commissions, city planners and service providers, state governments, telecommunications users (especially large businesses), and consumer groups--with case studies of U.S. and Canadian cities.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Atlanta Boston El Paso-Cuidad Juarez Houston Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis New York City Phoenix Pittsburgh Seattle Toronto Conclusion Telecommunications Glossary Selected Bibliography Index

About the Author

JURGEN SCHMANDT is Professor of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.

FREDERICK WILLIAMS is Director of the Center for Research on Communication Technology and Society.

ROBERT H. WILSON is Professor of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.

SHARON STROVER is Assistant Professor of Radio-TV and Film at the University of Texas at Austin.

Schmandt, Williams and Wilson edited Telecommunications and Economic Development: The New State Role (Praeger, 1989).