Additional Readings and Supplemental Material (all readings in Adobe PDF format; click here to download the free Adobe PDF Reader)
Chapter 1 - Before and After the Breakup of AT&T	They Should Have Seen it Coming
Chapter 2 - Stability as the World Changed	Mapping the Telebomb to the Stock Market Boom and Bust
Chapter 3 - The Telecommunications Act of 1996	The FCC’s To Do List after the Telecom Act of 1996 was Passed
Chapter 4 - The Second Race to Cover the United States in Optical Fiber	Hosting to the Rescue	Profile: Williams Communications
Chapter 5 - The Big Get Bigger: The Entry of the RBOCs into the Long-Distance Market	Section 271 Applications by Year	Mapping the 14-point Checklist onto the RBOC Network
Chapter 6 - The Last Stand of the Long-Distance Companies	The Imperative to Reduce Access Fees
Chapter 7 - The Rise and Fall of the Competitive Local Exchange Carriers	Profile: Talk America	Profile: PacWest Telecomm
Chapter 8 - Lost Opportunities by the Cable Companies	Comcast: Adding Up the Acquisitions	Profile: Cox Communications
	Charter: Adding Up the Acquisitions	Squandering the Early Bandwidth Lead
Chapter 9 - The Crash	Profile: Touch America	Another Casualty: Disappearing Payphones
Chapter 10 - Who Won?	From the Beginning: Selected Carriers Stock Performance Charts	On the Rebound: Top 10 Stock Performance Chart
	From the Beginning: ILEC Stock Performance Charts	Timing is Everything
	Down the Mountain: Top 10 Stock Performance Chart
Chapter 11 - Likely Future Winners and Losers	The Bubble Boys: Lucent and Nortel
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