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Planet Broadband
- By Rouzbeh Yassini, Stewart Schley, Leslie Ellis, Roger Brown
- Published Sep 18, 2003 by Cisco Press.
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About
Features
Rouzbeh Yassini provides general broadband information and clears up some common misconceptions
Download - 37 KB -- TVQuestions.doc
Description
- Copyright 2004
- Edition: 1st
- Book
- ISBN-10: 1-58720-090-2
- ISBN-13: 978-1-58720-090-8
Understand what broadband is, why it is the fastest growing consumer media product since the VCR and what it means to you
- Learn about the historical development of broadband and understand its future course
- See how this technology will alter how we live, think, and do business
- Hear how recognized leaders in business, academia, and government see broadband literally reshaping their institutions, through thought-provoking interviews and commentary
The fastest-growing consumer media product since the VCR, broadband is a lightning-fast, always-on connection to a world of digitized media content. A technology that transforms the Internet from a dry medium of words and pictures to a multimedia extravaganza. Until recently, high-speed broadband data connectivity was purely the province of corporate America. But now, thanks to an ambitious multi-billion dollar investment by the telecommunications industry, broadband is fast becoming the most influential medium of communications since the telephone.
Planet Broadband helps readers understand the looming era of broadband communications and how they can profit and prosper from its onset. Written in an informal-but-informed voice, it begins with an observation about the broadband age. Each chapter discusses a key element or implication of the broadband era, including references to its historical development, explanations of how it works, and discussions of its influence on various elements of society. The book includes anecdotes, quotations, and interview excerpts from recognizable leaders in business and government that reinforce the subject's importance.
Extras
Interview(s)
Read an interview with Rouzbeh Yassini on the Canadian Information Processing Society site (CIPS.ca).
Sample Content
Online Sample Chapter
Demographic and Social Trends in the Broadband Home
Downloadable Sample Chapter
Download - 242 KB -- Chapter 5: The Broadband Home
Table of Contents
Foreword.
Introduction.
1. Broadband: Anything, Anywhere, Anytime.
The Internet @ Broadband Speed.
Rising Power. The Need for Speed.
The Always-On Network.
History in the Making. Fuel for the Info Age.
Beyond Dot.com. Summary.
2. Broadbands Birth.
Broadbands Building Blocks.
Modems and More. Faster Corporate Networks.
History of DSL.
A Video Vision. Act of Faith.
History of Cable Modems.
Cables Metamorphosis. Bicoastal “Eureka!”. DOCSIS Is Born. Certification Begins.
Summary.
3. The Broadband Bazaar.
Behind the Last Mile. How Data Get There.
Cable Modems and Networks. DSL Modems and Networks. Wireless Broadband.
Home Networks: The Last Link. Guarding the Broadband Gates. Summary.
4. Who Gets Broadband?
Faster, Faster. Broadband Drivers Wanted.
Business Applications. Government Applications. Health-Care Applications. Educational Applications. Entertainment Applications.
Summary.
5. The Broadband Home.
Broadbands Liberation from the PC.
The Kitchen PC.
The Anthropology of Always-On. Summary.
6. Planet Broadband.
The Telework Revolution. Beaming Bits, Not Goods. Summary.
7. Broadband Content.
Types of Content.
User-Generated Content. Entertainment on Broadband. Playing with Broadband. Broadband Telephony.
Meet the New Internet(s). Summary.
8. Broadband Everywhere.
Summary.
Index.
Foreword
Download - 70 KB -- Book Foreword by David Fellows, CTO, Comcast Cable Communications (pdf)
Index
Download - 196 KB -- Index