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Information highways and byways : from the telegraph to the 21st century / Irwin Lebow.

By: Lebow, Irwin [author.].

Contributor(s): John Wiley & Sons [publisher.] | IEEE Xplore (Online service) [distributor.].

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BookPublisher: New York : IEEE Press, c1995Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [1995]Description: 1 PDF (xv, 307 pages, [20] pages of plates) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780470544891.Other title: Information highways & byways [Cover title].Subject(s): Telecommunication -- History

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Wiring up the world -- Communication without wires -- The communication/computing symbiosis -- On the way to the next century.

Summary: Spanning the entire history of electrical communications, this book tells the story of the many events and breakthroughs that took place from the creation of the telegraph 150 years ago to the dynamic modern, world of the Internet and interactive TV. As a veritable case study in how advances in technology cause societal and industrial change, this story provides insight into the current turmoil in the information and entertainment industries. Its characters include the technologists, the entrepreneurs, the litigators, anti-trust lawyers, and regulators who influenced the course of progress. This book will be of interest to anyone who has a stake in the information age.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-298) and index.

Wiring up the world -- Communication without wires -- The communication/computing symbiosis -- On the way to the next century.

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Spanning the entire history of electrical communications, this book tells the story of the many events and breakthroughs that took place from the creation of the telegraph 150 years ago to the dynamic modern, world of the Internet and interactive TV. As a veritable case study in how advances in technology cause societal and industrial change, this story provides insight into the current turmoil in the information and entertainment industries. Its characters include the technologists, the entrepreneurs, the litigators, anti-trust lawyers, and regulators who influenced the course of progress. This book will be of interest to anyone who has a stake in the information age.

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Information highways and byways : from the telegraph to the 21st century / Irwin Lebow.

By: Lebow, Irwin [author.].

Contributor(s): John Wiley & Sons [publisher.] | IEEE Xplore (Online service) [distributor.].