The first 100 feet : options for Internet and Broadband access

The first 100 feet : options for Internet and Broadband access / edited by Deborah Hurley and James H. Keller.

"The growth of the Internet has been propelled in significant part by user investment in infrastructure: computers, internal wiring, and the connection to the Internet provider. This "bottom-up" investment minimizes the investment burden facing providers. New technologies such as wire...

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Other Authors: Hurley, Deborah (Editor), Keller, James (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [1999]
Series:Publication of the Harvard Information Infrastructure Project.
Subjects:
Telecommunication lines > United States.
Broadband communication systems.
Internet.
Electric utilities > United States.
Infrastructure (Economics) > United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Media & Communications.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Telecommunications.
Broadband communication systems
Electric utilities
Infrastructure (Economics)
Internet
Telecommunication lines
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Household financing of the first 100 feet? / David Gabel and Milton Mueller
  • Delivering on the promise : scenarios for deploying local access / Braanko J. Gerovac and David C. Carver
  • First 100 feet for households : consumer adoption patterns / John Carey
  • Local wireless option / David R. Hughes
  • Rooftop community network : free, high-speed network access for communities / David A. Beyer, Mark D. Vestrich, and J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves
  • Use of existing electrical power lines for high-speed communications to the home / Michael Propp
  • Will satellite broadband services fulfill their promise? / Bryan Vu
  • A city guide : developing, using, and regulating regional telecommunications networks under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 / Andrea L. Johnson
  • Power on both sides now : the critical role of electric utilities in Internet development / Steven R. Rivkin
  • Utilities unleashed : an answer to customers' Internet and broadband service needs / Bernice K. McIntyre
  • Emerging municipal information infrastructure : the Austin experience / Lon Berquist and August E. Grant.

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