The First 100 Feet by Deborah Hurley - ISBN: 9780262581608
Paperback
Recasting the “problem of the last 100 feet” as “the length of the first 100 feet”, this book challenges individuals, businesses, and policymakers to rethink fundamental issues in telecommunications policy.

The First 100 Feet

Options for Internet and Broadband Access

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  • Paperback

    220 pages

  • Release Date

    6 July 1999

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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 point…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262581608
ISBN-10:0262581604
Author:Deborah Hurley, James H. Keller
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:220
Release Date:6 July 1999
Weight:340g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm x 13mm
Series:Information Infrastructure Project at Harvard University
About The Author

Deborah Hurley

Brian Kahin is Senior Fellow at the Computer & Communications Industry Association in Washington, DC. He is also Research Investigator and Adjunct Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information and a special advisor to the Provost’s Office. He is a coeditor of Transforming Enterprise (MIT Press, 2004) and many other books.

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