TY - BOOK ID - 113165902 TI - Universal access and its asymmetries : the untold story of the last 200 years AU - Sawhney, Harmeet Singh AU - Ekbia, H. R. PY - 2022 SN - 0262372983 9780262372978 9780262372985 0262372975 0262544555 PB - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, DB - UniCat KW - Digital divide KW - Poor KW - Community information services KW - Discrimination in municipal services KW - History. KW - Information services KW - Government policy KW - Race discrimination in municipal services KW - Municipal services KW - Disadvantaged, Economically KW - Economically disadvantaged KW - Impoverished people KW - Low-income people KW - Pauperism KW - Poor, The KW - Poor people KW - Persons KW - Social classes KW - Poverty KW - Divide, Digital KW - GDD (Global digital divide) KW - Global digital divide KW - Information society KW - Economic conditions KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:113165902 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"-- ER -