Broadband: Bringing Home the Bits - Softcover

National Research Council; Division On Engineering And Physical Sciences; Computer Science And Telecommunications Board; Committee On Broadband Last Mile Technology

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309082730 ISBN 13: 9780309082730

Verlag: National Academies Press, 2002

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Book by Committee on Broadband Last Mile Technology Comput

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Broadband communication expands our opportunities for entertainment, e-commerce and work at home, health care, education, and even e-government. It can make the Internet more useful to more people. But it all hinges on higher capacity in the aEUROoefirst mileaEURO or aEUROoelast mileaEURO that connects the user to the larger communications network. That connection is often adequate for large organizations such as universities or corporations, but enhanced connections to homes are needed to reap the full social and economic promise. Broadband: Bringing Home the Bits provides a contemporary snapshot of technologies, strategies, and policies for improving our communications and information infrastructure. It explores the potential benefits of broadband, existing and projected demand, progress and failures in deployment, competition in the broadband industry, and costs and who pays them. Explanations of broadbandaEURO (TM)s alphabet soup aEURO" HFC, DSL, FTTH, and all the rest aEURO" are included as well. The reportaEURO (TM)s finding and recommendations address regulation, the roles of communities, needed research, and other aspects, including implications for the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

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Committee on Broadband Last Mile Technology, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council

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• Verlag: National Academies Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0309082730
• ISBN 13: 9780309082730
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336