附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
摘要:"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."
