Tangled Wires: A Telecom Career Spanning the Bell System Break-Up to the Internet Bubble

by George Hawley

The mighty Bell System, the largest corporate entity in the world was blown to bits by the Justice Department of the U.S. government in 1982. The author relates his view from the inside of the sacrosanct fount of technology, Bell Telephone Labs through the formation of new companies to run local telephone services in Bell territories to the wild world of high tech start-ups in what became to be known as Telecom Valley in the wine country north of San Francisco.

343 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 3, 2017

About the author

I am an assistant professor of political science at the University of Alabama. My research interests include demography, electoral behavior, political parties, immigration policy, and the conservative movement in America.

I earned my Ph.D in political science from the University of Houston and my undergraduate degrees in political science and print journalism from Central Washington University.

Before entering graduate school, I worked in politics in Washington, DC, for multiple groups and individuals. While my teaching and academic research keep me busy, I am also an active consultant and media commentator (and always looking for new projects).

Although I am a proud native of the Pacific Northwest, I presently enjoy life with my wife and children here in the heart of Dixie.