Fiber, Susan Crawford
Fiber, Susan Crawford
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Fiber
The Coming Tech Revolution—and Why America Might Miss It

Author: Susan Crawford

Narrator: Coleen Marlo

Unabridged: 8 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/08/2019

Categories: Nonfiction, Computers, Law

Synopsis

The world of fiber optic connections reaching neighborhoods, homes, and businesses will be as different from what came before as the world after the advent of electricity. The virtually unlimited amounts of data we'll be able to send and receive through fiber-optic connections will enable a degree of virtual presence that will radically transform health care, education, urban administration and services, agriculture, retail sales, and offices. Yet all of those transformations will pale in comparison to the innovations and new industries that we can't imagine today.

In a fascinating account combining policy expertise with compelling on-the-ground reporting, Susan Crawford reveals how the giant corporations that control cable and internet access in the United States use their tremendous lobbying power to tilt the playing field against competition, holding back the infrastructure improvements necessary for the country to move forward. And she shows how cities and towns are fighting monopoly power to bring the next technological revolution to their communities.

About Susan Crawford

Susan Crawford is the John A. Reilly Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. She previously was Obama's special assistant to the president for science, technology, and innovation policy and co-led the FCC transition team between his and the Bush administrations. Earlier in her career, Crawford was a partner at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering. As an academic, she teaches courses about climate adaptation and public leadership. Crawford is the author of several books, including Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age and Fiber: The Coming Tech Revolution and Why America Might Miss It, her latest is Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cary

This book makes a great argument the high capacity last mile connection is critical to our economic future! Along the way it shows examples in Japan, Scandinavia, and Korea where fiber is extensively deployed and how that has facilitated education and medicine and social engagement! That happens as......more

Goodreads review by Zack

This is really a must-read for policy analysts. The author takes a deep dive into a complicated topic while making it as understandable and relevant as your favorite morning podcast. It's really two stories in one: first, how the political squabbles currently preventing widespread access to fiber ne......more

Goodreads review by Cory

For someone who currently works in local government with the job of trying to provide internet access to rural communities, this book is incredibly relevant to me. However, the more the general public knows about the importance of this issue, the better. Susan Crawford walks through every step of ho......more

Goodreads review by Ymar

It's hard to imagine a world where electricity isn't everywhere. Would the modern world make sense if I had to go the library everyday to charge my phone? How about a world where there were fewer highways? There would be places you just couldn't drive to because someone just decided there was no pro......more

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