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========================== LJ Davis (co-author of the US West complaint) LJ Davis is an internationally-known writer, novelist and reporter whose work has appeared in publications as various as the New York Times and Harper's Magazine. His books include Bad Money, 1981; Aristotle and Christina, 1986; and more recently, The Billionaire Shell Game, 1998, which tells the story of the failed deployment of advanced telecommunications networks. His numerous awards include "Gerald Loeb", 1984; "Champion-Tuck", 1986; and "National Magazine", 1986. LJ Davis is a landowner in Idaho, a US West state.
Peter Brennan (co-author of the Bell Atlantic, MA. complaint) Peter J. Brennan is the former co-chair of the White House Roundtable for Telephone Information Services, a joint project of the US Office of Consumer Affairs and the Interactive Services Association (now known as the Internet Alliance), a past chair and current director of the Internet Alliance. Brennan currently works for Tele-Publishing, one of the largest audiotex companies in America and owners of the Boston Phoenix. Peter is a property-owner and taxpaying citizen of the Commonwealth.
New Networks Institute ("NNI") New Networks Institute ("NNI") was founded in 1992. Its mission is to explore, on a totally independent basis, the impact of the break-up of AT&T and the creation of the Regional Bell Operating Companies ("RBOCs") on both the telephone subscribers and on the deployment of new and advanced telecommunications networks. Since that time, the NNI has conducted extensive research on these topics. Titled "The Future of the Information Age," this seven-year analysis consists of over 1,900 pages in 14 volumes, with over 910 exhibits, two computer databases, and data from more than 2,000 consumer interviews conducted independently through Fairfield Research. We have recently updated this research in the form of a book, The Unauthorized Biography of the Baby Bells & Info-Scandal, published March 1999. NNI's research is independently funded from the sales of books, reports and databases. No company, lobbying organization, trade association or political party had any input, either editorial or financial. Bruce Kushnick, Executive Director, NNI Bruce Kushnick has been a respected telecommunications analyst and visionary for over 15 years. During his career he has predicted the growth of numerous interactive information markets and services that have now become commonplace. For example, in 1985, while Senior Analyst for Link Resources, Kushnick predicted the explosive growth of voicemail and interactive voice services (Only 2% of businesses had voicemail in 1985, and now interactive voice is used for everything from automated banking to order placement). Other reports he wrote while president of Strategic Telemedia predicted the rollout of Caller ID (1987), the creation and growth of 700 and 900 number services (1986) and even 900's stagnation (1990). He also coined such commonly used industry terms as "Intelligent 800", "Telemedia", "Interactive Voice", and "500 Caller Paid". Some of Kushnick's predictions have been highly controversial, such as his finding in 1993 that the Information Highway was not going to be built. A Washington Technology cover story in 1994 stated, "If telecom analyst Bruce Kushnick is telling the truth (and we think he is) anyone involved in building the forthcoming National Information Infrastructure had better read his report word for word." More recently, Kushnick's research has been encapsulated in a new book "The Unauthorized Bio of the Baby Bells and Info-Scandal". Over the last decade he has advised clients (including American Express, AT&T, MCI, Sprint, The Weather Channel, NTT, Ogilvy & Mather, Northern Telecom, British Telecom, Pacific Bell, and BellSouth) on strategic and tactical issues relating to implementation of enhanced interactive communications. Also, Bruce is frequently quoted in the media, from The Boston Globe to Howie Carr show on RKO, and has delivered keynote addresses on telecommunications topics worldwide. Mr. Kushnick graduated from Brandeis University, and was a Special Graduate Student at both Harvard and MIT. Bruce is an accomplished composer and pianist and performed at Carnegie Recital Hall in 1990. |