COMM 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Sherman Antitrust Act, Bell System, Packet Switching

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1978 fcc reallocates tv channels for cellular. Gsm - global system for mobile communication. 1956 consent decree forced at&t to license patents. 1984 at&t second antitrust ends in mfj. Buying and selling of leased rbocs lines. Dot-com boom of 1990s, bust in 2000. Doj; sprint and c spire wireless lawsuit. International - agreements for carrying signals between countries. Towers pass signal from cell to cell. Smartphones: added e-mail and address book functions to cell phones. Cell phones in the us (pew research center) 72% of us adults have a smartphone (up from 35% in 2011); 19% have a cell phone; 9% have no cell phone (2016) 45% of us adults have a table computer. 4g- 2010, faster download speeds (up to 1 billion bits per second) 5g - verizon wireless to field test in 2017. Intensify nature of social interactions (among teens) Universal service fund - telecomm act of 1996.

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