The first 100 feet : options for Internet and Broadband access / edited by Deborah Hurley and James H. Keller.
Contributor(s): Keller, James
| Hurley, Deborah | IEEE Xplore (Online Service) [distributor.] | MIT Press [publisher.] | NetLibrary, Inc.
Material type: 
BookPublisher: Cambridge, Mass : MIT Press, c1999Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [1999]Description: 1 PDF (viii, 209 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 0262581604; 9780262581608; 9780262287128.Subject(s): Telecommunication lines -- United States | Broadband communication systems | Internet | Electric utilities -- United States | Infrastructure (Economics) -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification: 384.3/2 Online resources: Abstract with links to resource Also available in print.Summary: 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 wireless and data transmission over power lines, as well as deregulation of telecommunications and electric utilities, will provide new opportunities for user investment in intelligent infrastructure as leverage points for Internet and broadband access.Recasting the "problem of the last 100 feet" as "the opportunity of the first 100 feet," this book challenges individuals, businesses, and policymakers to rethink fundamental issues in telecommunications policy. The contributors look at options for Internet and broadband access from the perspective of homeowners, apartment complexes, and small businesses. They evaluate the opportunities and obstacles for bottom-up infrastructure development and the implications for traditional and alternative providers at the neighborhood, regional, and national levels. Already, some argue that Internet service will become the common denominator platform on which all other services can be carried.A Publication of the Harvard Information Infrastructure Project.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
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 wireless and data transmission over power lines, as well as deregulation of telecommunications and electric utilities, will provide new opportunities for user investment in intelligent infrastructure as leverage points for Internet and broadband access.Recasting the "problem of the last 100 feet" as "the opportunity of the first 100 feet," this book challenges individuals, businesses, and policymakers to rethink fundamental issues in telecommunications policy. The contributors look at options for Internet and broadband access from the perspective of homeowners, apartment complexes, and small businesses. They evaluate the opportunities and obstacles for bottom-up infrastructure development and the implications for traditional and alternative providers at the neighborhood, regional, and national levels. Already, some argue that Internet service will become the common denominator platform on which all other services can be carried.A Publication of the Harvard Information Infrastructure Project.
Also available in print.
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Description based on PDF viewed 12/23/2015.
There are no comments for this item.