This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. The Internet was invented in the U.S., but we've fallen（听着像falling的音，所以似乎n发得不太好） behind other countries in terms of access and speed. Our service（er的音发得不太好，有点像or 在sport的音，其实这个音中国人挺难发好的。） is more expensive than in any of those countries. Why? That's one of the questions my guest, David Cay Johnston, tries to answer in his new book, "The Fine Print."
It's about （应该是梅花奥）how many corporations have worked the regulatory（似乎这个音节off了） system to their advantage and how that affects things（off 了） ranging from the service you receive to the state of our infrastructure. He also examines the fees that banks and phone companies have added over the years that have made your bills incrementally(似乎重音不对） larger but have added up to big money for corporations.
Johnston was a reporter for the New York Times for 13 years, where he covered the tax system. In 2001, he won a（可连读） Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of tax and equities and loopholes. He's now the board president of Investigative Reporters and Editors Incorporated and teaches at Syracuse （是不是s的音，不是si的音啊）University College of Law.
David Cay Johnston, welcome back to FRESH AIR.
