Episode 1:
.au (14.0 Mb),
.gsm (2.9 Mb),
.ra (1.3 Mb),
.xdm (7.0 Mb)A critical look at the people and dramatic events that led to the establishment of telephony, the conservative Bell culture, and the principle of universal service.
Episode 2:
.au (14.2 Mb),
.gsm (2.9 Mb),
.ra (1.7 Mb),
.xdm (7.0 Mb)Former FCC Commissioner Nicholas Johnson, Annenberg Professor A. Michael Noll, BBS inventor Ward Cristensen, and Writer Bruce Sterling describe how key inventions often sprang from individuals, and how the monopoly resisted, even attacked, non-Bell innovations.
Episode 3:
.au (14.2 Mb),
.gsm (2.9 Mb),
.ra (1.7 Mb),
.xdm (7.1 Mb)A decade ago, the largest corporation in the world, AT&T, was broken-up as the result of an anti-trust suit. A look at the players, the issues, and the turbulent events that led to the end of an empire and a new era of consumer choice. Interviews with Ken Cox (MCI) and Nicholas Johnson (FCC).
Episode 4:
.au (14.2 Mb),
.gsm (2.9 Mb),
.ra (1.7 Mb),
.xdm (7.1 Mb)The breakup of AT&T forced difficult changes on consumers and industry players alike. When Pacific Bell moved aggressively to transform its marketing practices and its corporate culture -- the efforts backfired with damaging results. Interviews with former CPUC Commissioner Don Vial, Kathie Blankenship (Pacific Bell), and Joan Moore (CWA).
Episode 5:
.au (14.2 Mb),
.gsm (2.9 Mb),
.ra (1.7 Mb),
.xdm (7.1 Mb)Information services and the race for electronic yellow pages. Who will control the "content" of the Information Age? Audrie Krause (TURN), Kitty Bernick (Telesis), Nicholas Johnson, and others debate the future of knowledge, access, and free speech on the digital highway.
Episode 6:
.au (14.2 Mb),
.gsm (2.9 Mb),
.ra (1.7 Mb),
.xdm (7.1 Mb)Modernization and the new infrastructure. How is it shaping-up? What does history tell us about the migration of new technology from the rich to the poor, from business to home? A critical look at the politics and the opportunities behind the rhetoric.
Episode 7:
.au (14.2 Mb),
.gsm (2.9 Mb),
.ra (1.7 Mb),
.xdm (7.1 Mb)Ten years after divestiture, corporate spinoffs and mergers continue as the global telecommunications network is up for grabs. How can we foster a wider range of options -- breaking the system into still smaller pieces -- without losing affordability, security, and ease of use?
Episode 8:
.au (14.2 Mb),
.gsm (2.9 Mb),
.ra (1.7 Mb),
.xdm (7.1 Mb)At this historic confluence of computing, publishing, and communications, what can individuals and small groups do to influence the outcome of key policies now being formed?