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Integrated broadband networks : the public policy issues /

Integrated broadband networks (IBNs), when compared to high definition television, are seen by many as probably being more important to the future industrial competitiveness of the United States in the telecommunications field, and as certainly raising far more complex issues of economics, law, regu...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Elton, M. C. J
Published: North Holland,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam ; New York :
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. :
Publication Dates: 1991.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Telephone companies > United States
Cable television > United States
Broadband communication systems > United States
Competition > United States
Entreprises de te le phone > E tats-Unis
Te le communications a large bande, Syste mes de > E tats-Unis
Concurrence > E tats-Unis
Te le distribution > E tats-Unis
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Media & Communications
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Telecommunications
Broadband communication systems
Cable television
Competition
Telephone companies
Breedband
Regulering
Telecommunicatiesector
United States
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444890689
Summary: Integrated broadband networks (IBNs), when compared to high definition television, are seen by many as probably being more important to the future industrial competitiveness of the United States in the telecommunications field, and as certainly raising far more complex issues of economics, law, regulation, and social impact.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xii, 360 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781483299297
1483299295
Index Number: HE8817
CLC: F637.12
Contents: Front Cover; Integrated Broadband Networks: The Public Policy Issues; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Contributing Authors; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE: NEW SERVICES; CHAPTER 1. THE MARKET FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL SERVICES; 1. Introduction; 2. Selected Characteristics of the Residential Market; 3. Adoption of New Technologies in the Residential Market; 4. Conclusion and Discussion; Notes; References; CHAPTER 2. MARKET SEGMENTATION AND THE IBN POLICY DEBATE; 1. Introduction; 2. Social and Economic Forces; 3 Media Imperative; 4. Cable: Unfulfilled Promises; 5 Switched Video Transmission.
6. Policy-Social Impact7. Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 3. BELIEVABLE BROADBAND FOR BUSINESSES: FIVE SCENARIOS; 1. Introduction; Scenario 1: ""Transtrack""; Scenario 2: ""Audiospace""; Scenario 3: ""Virtual Corp""; Scenario 4: ""Corporate Family""; Scenario 5: ""Omniview""; Conclusions and Implications; Notes; CHAPTER 4. FORECASTING THE DEMAND FOR NEW BROADBAND SERVICES; 1. Introduction; 2. Users' Needs; 3. Methods of Forecasting; 4. Conclusions; Notes; PART TWO: TECHNOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC VIABILITY; CHAPTER 5. THE TECHNOLOGY OF BROADBAND NETWORKS; 1. Introduction; 2. Definition of IBN.
3. IBN Architectures4. IBN Technology; 5. Evolutionary Considerations; 6. Conclusions; Notes; CHAPTER 6. AN ENGINEERING COST AND POLICY ANALYSIS OF INTRODUCING FIBER INTO THE RESIDENTIAL SUBSCRIBER LOOP; 1. Introduction; 2. Key Concepts in the Design of Residential Fiber Optic Networks; 3. Optical Network Architectures for the Subscriber Loop; 4. The Engineering Cost Models; 5. Results; 6. Conclusions; Notes; References; CHAPTER 7. NETWORK INTEGRATION VERSUS NETWORK SEGMENTATION; 1. The Setting1; 2. The Concept of ISDN; 3. Economies of Scope; 4. Economies of Scale; 5. Scale and Scope.
6. ISDN and Monopoly7. Network Fragmentation and the Open Network Architecture Concept; 8. Conclusion; Endnotes; CHAPTER 8. ISDN AND THE SMALL USER: REGULATORY POLICY ISSUES; 1. Introduction; 2. Technical Preliminaries; 3. Economic Issues in ISDN Deployment; 4. Utility Regulation and ISDN Deployment; 5. Conclusions; Notes; CHAPTER 9. CONFUQ BETWEEN PUBUC POLICY AND TRENDS IN TECHNOLOGY; 1. Introduction; 2. Economics of Technology Adoption; 3. Public Infrastructure Versus Private Networks; 4. Making a Choice; Notes; CHAPTER 10. PERSPECTIVES ON IMPLEMENTATION OF BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE.
1. Introduction2. Infrastructure; 3. Infrastructure Metaphors and Paradigms; 3 Infrastructure Metaphors; 4. Technology; 5. Policy Implications; Notes; PART THREE: INSTITUTIONAL AND REGULATORY ISSUES; CHAPTER 11. PLAYERS AND STAKES; 1. Introduction; 2. Local Exchange Carriers; 3. Cable Television; 4. Broadcasters; 5. Program Producers and Distributors; 6. Telecommunications Users; 7. Regulators; 8. Conclusions; Notes; CHAPTER 12. CATV: THE IMPAQ OF DEREGULATION AND THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGY; 1. Introduction; 2. The CATV Market Today; 3 Is Cable Ready for a High-fiber Diet?

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