Public Access to the Internet (Publication of the Harvard Information Infrastructure Project) - Hardcover

Harvard Information Infrastructure Project

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262112078 ISBN 13: 9780262112079

Publisher: Bradfords Directory, 1995

Synopsis

This well-balanced collection takes up the important issues in enabling widely available access to the Internet at a time of rapid commercialization and growth.This collection takes up the important issues in enabling widely available access to the Internet at a time of rapid commercialization and growth. The 17 contributions present material that network managers, politicians and other professionals need to know in order to ask the right questions and properly analyze the various proposals that are being considered for the future of the National Information Infrastructure (NII). Chapters are grouped in five parts: the public access agenda, the sociology and culture of the Internet, establishing network communities, accommodating new classes of users, and pricing and service models.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This well-balanced collection examines the important issues involved in ensuring wide access to the Internet at a time when it is undergoing rapid commercialization and growth.

About the Author:

Brian Kahin is Senior Fellow at the Computer & Communications Industry Association in Washington, DC. He is also Research Investigator and Adjunct Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information and a special advisor to the Provost's Office. He is a coeditor of Transforming Enterprise (MIT Press, 2004) and many other books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bradfords Directory
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0262112078
• ISBN 13: 9780262112079
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 398
• Editor: Kahin Brian, Keller James