The History of Telenet and the Commercialization of Packet Switching in the U.S.
Abstract
In the 1960's, the telecom industry in the United States (and Canada) was organized differently from telecoms outside of North America. In the rest of the world government-owned PTTs were the exclusive telecom operators. In the U.S., regulated private companies provided all public telecom services. Public communication services were deemed to be "common carrier" services, according to the Communications Act of 1934, and were therefore subject to regulation by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
- Publication:
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IEEE Communications Magazine
- Pub Date:
- 2012
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2012IComM..50e..28M
- Keywords:
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- Packet switching;
- History;
- Communication switching;
- Commercialization;
- FCC;
- Government policies