Information Infrastructure Project at Harvard University

Options for Internet and Broadband Access

By: Deborah Hurley, James H. Keller

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6 July 1999

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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. A Publication of the Harvard Information Infrastructure Project.

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Foreword	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Market Issues for the First 100 Feet
Household Financing of the First 100 Feet?	p. 11
Delivering on the Promise: Scenarios for Deploying Local Access	p. 24
The First 100 Feet for Households: Consumer Adoption Patterns	p. 39
Models for Bottom-Up Investment
The Local Wireless Option	p. 61
The Rooftop Community Network: Free, High-Speed Network Access for Communities	p. 75
The Use of Existing Electrical Power Lines for High-Speed Communications to the Home	p. 92
Will Satellite Broadband Services Fulfill Their Promise?	p. 101
Opportunities and Challenges for Nontraditional Providers
A City Guide: Developing, Using, and Regulating Regional Telecommunications Networks under the Telecommunications Act of 1996	p. 119
Power on Both Sides Now: The Critical Role of Electric Utilities in Internet Development	p. 137
Utilities Unleashed: An Answer to Customers' Internet and Broadband Service Needs	p. 150
The Emerging Municipal Information Infrastructure: The Austin Experience	p. 173
Contributors	p. 195
Index	p. 201
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