FCC Now Planning “All-IP” Phone Transition
December 5th, 2009Via: Ars:
The writing is on the wall for old school circuit-switched phone networks, and the world is going all-IP. Now, the FCC is gathering data to guide the next major transition of the country’s communications network.
‘Lonesome Cowgirls and Honky-Tonk Angels’
The Women Of Barn Dance Radio
odd subject, odd history. which i suppose was why i found it a fascinating book. the perspective too, perhaps. (i’ll never see minnie pearl in the same light again.) especially so though when it got into the background of the FCC…
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the book gives that Indie vs. Corporacracy aspect a greater context. it was a pivotal time. things could have gone a different road. a freer, less commercial road where the airwaves, and their technological descendents, weren’t so commoditized. maybe.