Communications Law Online Resources
Note: The following links are to the web.archive site in order to avoid broken links. For historical reason we keep some old sites in this list.
Historical Background
- The Media History Project
Bill’s 200 Year Condensed History of Telecommunications- The Web History of Telecommunications
- Alexander Graham Bell and His Telephone
- Alexander Graham Bell’s Path to the Telephone
- Bell Notebooks Project
- The First Bell Patent : 174,465
- Telephone History Timeline
- The History of Telecommunications
- Telecommunications History
- The History of Sprint & MCI WorldCom
- SkyTel Company History
- A History of Cable & Wireless
- Over 70 Years of Bell Labs Innovation
- The History of Broadcasting, 1920-1960
- 100 years of Radio
- Cerf’s Up: General History of the Internet
- Vint Cerf
- History of the Internet and WWW
- History of the RSng Project
- The History of the Telecom Corridor
The Law
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- Anderson’s Ohio Administrative Code
- US Code Title 47: Telegraphs, Telephones & Radiotelegraphs
- Telephone Disclosure and Dispute Resolution Act
- The Telecommunications Act of 1996
- Communications Decency Act Archive
- Premeger/Hart-Scott-Rodino Act
- ORC Title 49: Public Utilities
Government Departments & Agencies
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Information Infrastructure Task Force
- National Telecommunications and Information Administration
- Office of Telecommunications Technologies
- Minority Telecommunications Development Program
- House Commerce Committee
- House Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer Protection
- Senate Commerce Committee
- The Ohio Consumer’s Counsel
- Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
- The Ohio Educational Telecommunications Network Commission
Government Publications & Databases
- FCC Handbook
- FCC Recent Releases
- FCC: Mass Media Bureau: Decisions in Docketed Proceedings
- FCC: Common Carrier Bureau: Decisions in Docketed Proceedings
- FCC: Cable Services Bureau: Decisions in Docketed Proceedings
- FCC: Wireless Telecommunications Bureau: Decisions in Docketed Proceedings
- FCC: Common Carrier Scorecard, Fall 1996
- Telecommunications & Information Statistics
- FTC News Releases, Publications & Speeches
- Part 310: Telemarketing Sales Rule
- Index of The FCC Daily Digest
- NTIA Reports
- FIPS: Federal Information Processing Standards Publications
- Ohio PUCO: Telecommunications Industry Information
- Ohio Telephone Customer Bill of Rights
- IpsoFacto’s Computer Law
Telecommunications
Wireless Communications
- Wireless Facts & Issues
- WOW-COM
- Wireless Communications
- Wireless Facts & Issues
- WOW-COM
- Wireless Communications
Broadband
- Broadband Internet Access
- Broadband Policy
- Broadband: Background & Issues
- NetAction’s Broadband Briefings
Telemarketing & Slamming
- Slamming
- Telephone Service Scams
- Better Business Bureau: Consumers Continue to Fall for the Most Common Telephone Scams
- International Telephone Number Scams
- Beware of Telephone Scams
- How to Avoid Telemarketing Fraud
- Counter Telemarketing Tactics
Multi & Mass Media
Digital Television
V-Chip
General Information
- ABA Section of Public Utility, Communications & Transportation Law
- Telecommunications and Media Policy and Law: A Brief Webliography
- Communications Law & Policy: Long Distance Policy
- Communications Law in Transition
- Implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
- Telecom Information Resources
- Visiology Telecommunications Certification and Tariffs
- Sean Michael Mead’s Telecommunications Links
- TRAC: Telecommunications Research & Action Center
- The Digital Telephony Legislation
- TelecomResearch Industry Links & Resources
- Protecting Your Investment In Toll-Free 800 Numbers
- HFCL Home Page
- Black Hat Multimedia Archives
- R&R ONLINE — Radio & Records On The Web
- Analog Switch Off
Organizations
- American Telecommunications Law Association
The National Association of Broadcasters- Telecommunications Organizations Directory
- International Telecommunications Union
- W3C: World Wide Web Consortium
- American Teleservices Association
- Walter Kaitz Foundation
- Benton Foundation
- The Pew Research Center
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
Journals
- Telecommunications Reports International
- Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television
- Columbia Journalism Review
On-Line Journals
Tools
- Federal Standard 1037C: Glossary of Telecommunications Terms
- High-Tech Dictionary
- Telecoms Virtual Library
- Communications Library
- Wireless Access FAQ
- Computer and Communication Standards Documentation