Beyond Babel new directions in communications
Maddox points to the mismanagement of private corporations in Britain and the U.S.: "90 per cent of the world's systems [use] antiquated telephone exchange equipment," and the history of these obsolescent scrapheaps suggests that Ma Bell's profits will survive though the telephon...
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1972
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Add Tag | Summary: | Maddox points to the mismanagement of private corporations in Britain and the U.S.: "90 per cent of the world's systems [use] antiquated telephone exchange equipment," and the history of these obsolescent scrapheaps suggests that Ma Bell's profits will survive though the telephone may become extinct. The inadequacy of government regulatory agencies is also documented in detail. Maddox, a specialist on communications for the Economist, summarizes the technical principles involved in a manner suited to the layman "who does not know AM from FM." Her prognostications startle the mind without sensationalism or overstatement. |
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| Physical Description: | 288 p. illus. 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: p. [271]-281. |
| ISBN: | 023396004X |
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