Flutterby™! : Telecoms want to sink Susan Crawford's book

Telco Astroturfing Tries To Bring Down Reviews Of Susan Crawford's Book. Not just a good look at telecom company malfeasance, but also a good look at slicing and tranching Amazon reviews.

The book is Captive Audience, by Susan Crawford:

This important book by leading telecommunications policy expert Susan Crawford explores why Americans are now paying much more but getting much less when it comes to high-speed Internet access. Using the 2011 merger between Comcast and NBC Universal as a lens, Crawford examines how we have created the biggest monopoly since the breakup of Standard Oil a century ago. In the clearest terms, this book explores how telecommunications monopolies have affected the daily lives of consumers and America's global economic standing.

And if you didn't already know that political wrangling by the telecommunications companies in an attempt to keep their monopoly by social control rather than by technological innovation is what drives communications policy in the U.S., you should read it. You should also read Tim Wu's The Master Switch, 'cause this crap has been going on for a lot longer than Crawford's time period.