The Network
The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age

This book left me pretty upset because of the way that people dealt with the growing industry, not just the companies but the government too. The FCC is just frustrating and dumb, and every time people talk about the things the government does I feel like I need to take a nap to calm down because wh......more

**I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads.** I am a random fact girl who loves nothing more than a chance to fall down an information rabbit hole. As I perused the book giveaway list my eyes happened upon this read and I instantly felt that mental itch that can only be satisfied w......more

This was an excellent book. I knew nothing about Sarnoff and Armstrong or even the radio industry prior to reading this. The discovery of the technologies is quite a story, not to mention just how old words such as modem and pixel really are. I was aware of the monopoly that AT&T had on the phone lin......more

Here is Why Net Neutrality Eludes Us This fabulous book explains the underlying reasons that net neutrality still is denied us in Washington, D.C. While not the subject of the book, this journey from the foundations of radio through the subversive birth of the Internet exposes the fundamental flaws o......more

This was a good historical accounting of America’s communication network, from the telegraph, to radio, to television. Invention, development, and building of all these networks are covered along with the key players. I particularly liked the epilogue which covered how cleverly MCI broke up the Bell......more