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Fiber Antics: Practical Lessons in Building a Municipal Fiber Optic Network
Grant, August E. , Ph.D.
Berquist, Lon
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Draws lessons from the city of Austin, Texas and its process to select a company to build a broadband network to provide telephone, cable TV, digital video, and digital data services. Readers may find the city's selection very interesting and insightful. It is hoped this information will be useful to companies wishing to work with city governments on advanced telecommunications networks.

Forecasts for Advanced Video Services
Vanston, Lawrence K. , Ph.D.
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The author previews a newly defined industry -- advanced video services (AVS). He provides forecasts with analysis for the adoption and availability of AVS and HDTV. These forecasts are intended to help decision makers who are concerned with timing the development of the advanced video services market and the supporting infrastructure . Included is a table classifying video services by customer interface.

Forecasts of High-Speed Home Digital Services
Vanston, Lawrence K. , Ph.D.
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Summarizes recent Technology Futures, Inc. forecasts of the percentage of households using digital services by data rate. Also provides some scenarios describing how one group of potential providers -- local exchange carriers -- will have to upgrade their networks to be competitive in the market for digital access services.

Future Imminent I: The Battle for Consumer Loyalty
Evans, Scott
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Future Imminent II: Playing (and Winning) the Content Game
Evans, Scott
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The author says the money is in the content. He discusses delivery models for content and the dynamics and opportunities in the content business.

Future Imminent III: Navigating the (Uncharted) Interactive Waters
Evans, Scott
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In his third installment of "Future Imminent," the author talks about the challenge to develop interactive services that are usable.

Future Imminent IV: Entertainment on Demand
Evans, Scott
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The author explores a solution for providing entertainment on demand, which can be deployed quickly and cost-effectively in the near term.

Future Scenarios for the Telecom Industry: A Ten-Year Forecast
Shaw, James K. , Ph.D.
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Outlines five scenarios for the telecommunications industry through the year 2007. The models discussed are service explosion, corporate consolidation, customer-led customization, price implosion, and short-run chaos/long-run stability. The models include a discussion of underlying assumptions and can be used as strategic planning tools for measuring the advance of competition and its impact on the telecommunications industry.

The Future of Computing : Technology Trends and Forecasts
Poitras, Adrian J.
Hodges, Ray L.
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Reviews the implications of technology change on computers, including the competition among the various computer platform types. Following the review of the technology, forecasts and analyses pertaining to the economic valuation of computer technology are developed. These are designed to support financial depreciation decisions on computer lives.

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