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Telecosm by George Gilder. Published 2000 by The Free Press
The new age of communications as seen by technology visionary George Gilder.
Reviews:
http://www.betterbizbooks.com/bb/telecosm.htmhttp://www.nrbookservice.com/BookPage.asp?prod_cd=C5694
Brave New Unwired World: The Digital Big Bang and the Infinite Internet by Alex Lightman. Published 2002 by John Wiley & Sons.
A vision of the boundless potential for digital wireless telecommunications in the 21st century with an incisive examination of the technologies involved.
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"The Rise of the Stupid Network" by David Isenberg. Article published in 1997.
The seminal article on how the "stupid" Internet Protocol Network, by placing intelligence at the edges of the network, will overtake and eventually displace the traditional "intelligent" circuit-switched telco controlled network. See:
http://www.isen.com/stupid.html"Netheads versus Bellheads" by T. Denton, F. Menard & D. Isenberg. Policy paper published in 1999.
Sub-titled "Research into Emerging Policy Issues in the Development and Deployment of Internet Protocols", this important paper lays out in detail the conceptual thinking differences and the culture clashes between those who are developing IP Networks (Netheads) and those who are enhancing traditional circuit-switched networks (Bellheads) in the U.S. and Canada. The entire paper can be downloaded at:
http://www.tmdenton.com/netheads3.htm"The Paradox of the Best Network" by David Weinberger and David Isenberg. A public argument presented on its own unique website created in late 2001. It persuasively argues that full implementation of the best network (Internet Protocol) in the U.S. is being held back by the operators of the traditional circuit-switched network, the major telcos. This is because the economics of the IP network are enormously disruptive to the traditional telco business model. The authors propose major actions that should be taken to enable the IP Network to more quickly evolve and become the dominant telecommunications network. See:
http://netparadox.com/"Content is Not King" by Andrew Odlyzko, Director of the Digital Technology Center at the University of Minnesota. Article published in 2001. A widely read research paper which makes the case that the primary use of the Internet is to connect people rather than to access content, although that too is important. [Note: one of the conclusions that can be drawn from this is that video conferencing over the Internet, which is just now starting to take off, will be a major application for high speed broadband Internet access in the future.] See:
http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue6_2/odlyzko/
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