TY - GEN N2 - "The pandemic has raised awareness of the need for universal access to high speed internet service in the United States. This book shows us that the debate about internet access is but the latest chapter in a long history of debates about universal service in the United States. This book analyzes the history, costs, and benefits of providing universal access to technologies and services, including education, postal service, telephone service, electrification, public libraries, and Internet"-- AB - "The pandemic has raised awareness of the need for universal access to high speed internet service in the United States. This book shows us that the debate about internet access is but the latest chapter in a long history of debates about universal service in the United States. This book analyzes the history, costs, and benefits of providing universal access to technologies and services, including education, postal service, telephone service, electrification, public libraries, and Internet"-- T1 - Universal access and its asymmetries :the untold story of the last 200 years / AU - Sawhney, Harmeet Singh, AU - Ekbia, H. R. CN - HM851 ID - 1413435 KW - Digital divide KW - Poor KW - Community information services KW - Discrimination in municipal services KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects SN - 9780262372985 SN - 0262372983 SN - 9780262372978 SN - 0262372975 TI - Universal access and its asymmetries :the untold story of the last 200 years / LK - https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11281.001.0001?locatt=mode:legacy LK - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf UR - https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11281.001.0001?locatt=mode:legacy UR - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf ER -