{"product_id":"broadband-services-9780470022481","title":"Broadband Services","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccess to the Internet is an increasing problem in many areas of the world. As the popularity and usefulness of the Internet increases on a daily basis, lack of access to the technology is putting many groups at a disadvantage in terms of better education, better jobs and even in terms of higher levels of civic participation. However, creating a network infrastructure to serve outlying communities and sectors of the population is not straight-forward.  \u003cp\u003eThis book brings together all the aspects of the problem  technical, regulatory and economic - into one volume to provide a comprehensive resource. It describes the latest technological advances that allow cost-effective network infrastructures to be built, and places them in the context of the applications and services that the infrastructure will deliver. A section on business models and case studies from North American and Europe demonstrate that the solutions are economically and practically viable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is essential f\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Editors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction \u003ci\u003e(Imrich Chlamtac, Ashwin Gumaste and csaba A. Szabó).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART ONE: APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Broadband Home\/Entertainment Services (\u003ci\u003eArieh Moller and  Roy Isacowitz).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Applications and Services to Meet Society-Related Needs (\u003ci\u003eCsaba A. Szabo).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART TWO: BUSINESS MODELS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Key Legal and Regulatory Issues Affecting Community Broadband Projects in the United States (\u003ci\u003eSean Stokes and Jim Baller).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. European Telecommunication Law and Community Networks (\u003ci\u003eGiovanni Pascuzzi and Andrea Rossato).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Models for Public Sector Involvement in Regional and Local Broadband Projects (\u003ci\u003eGareth Hughes).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Customer Owned and Municipal Fiber Networks (\u003ci\u003eBill St. Arnaud).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 8. Towards Technologically and Competitively Neutral Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Infrastructure (\u003ci\u003eMarvin Sirbu and Anupam Banerjee).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART THREE: TECHNOLOGY. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Backbone Optical Network Design for Community Networks (\u003ci\u003eAshwin Gumaste, Csaba A. Szab o and Imrich Chlamtac).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. A Comparison of the Current State of DSL Technologies (\u003ci\u003eScott A. Valcourt).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Fiber in the Last Mile (\u003ci\u003eAshwin Gumaste,\u003csup\u003e,\u003c\/sup\u003e Nasir Ghani and Imrich Chlamt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eac).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Ethernet in the First Mile (\u003ci\u003eWael William Diab).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. DOCSIS as a Foundation for Residential and Commercial Community Networking over Hybrid Fiber Coax (\u003ci\u003eSteven Fulton, Chaitanya Godsay and\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRadim Bartoš).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Broadband Wireless Networks: a Roadmap to Emerging Trends and Standards (\u003ci\u003eE. Baccarelli, M. Biagi, Raffaele Bruno, Marco Conti and Enrico Gregori).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART FOUR: CASE STUDIES.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Community Networks in North America (\u003ci\u003ePriya Shetty and Ashwin Gumaste).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. European Broadband Initiatives with Public Participation (Csaba A. Szabó).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525361836375,"sku":"9780470022481","price":92.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470022481.jpg?v=1731860229","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/broadband-services-9780470022481","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}