The master switch

Recently finished reading The master switch by Tim Wu. A tour de force history of information technologies, beginning with telephone in the 19th century, through radio, television and cable, leading up to the present Internet dominated era. We see how each technology began with a lot of promise and openness, and ended a closed, integrated industry. That may or may not happen to Internet, but as Internet has subsumed most other networks, the stakes for losing its openness (so call net neutrality) are much higher. Lucid, highly informative and thought provoking. I think a must read for 'IT people'.