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. "FRONT MATTER." The Unpredictable Certainty: Information Infrastructure Through 2000. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1996.
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Cable Television and Telephony: Advanced Services to the Home
181
Summary and Forecasts
Advanced Cable and Telephone Services to the Home
182
On-line Services and Internet Access for Consumers
186
On-line Services and Internet Access
Wireless and Broadcast Infrastructure
188
Wireless Telephony
189
Wireless Data Networking
192
Terrestrial and Satellite Broadcast Television
194
Wireless Cable
Direct Broadcast Satellite
195
Notes
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PUBLIC POLICY AND PRIVATE ACTION
197
Introduction
Public-Private Engagement
199
NII Systems Issues
201
Defining Roles for Government
206
Regulation, Rules, and Norms
Protecting the NII: Ethics and Mechanisms
209
Security, Reliability, and Architecture
210
Government as User and Service Provider
212
Technology Development Through R&D
214
Architecture and Networking
215
Information Management and Ease of Use
218
Standards
222
International Issues
224
Systems Data and Analysis for NII Assessment
225
Government as Convenor
226
Conclusions
227
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
235
APPENDIXES
A Workshop Participants and Agenda
251
B Forum Participants and Agenda
256
C Call for White Papers (Abridged)
265
D White Papers Received
269
E NII 2000 Liaisons
274
F Letter from Vice President Albert Gore, March 6, 1995
276
G Acronyms and Abbreviations Used
278
