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From page 287... ... , 28 payment and pricing, 152-53, 167n, 183-98 privacy concerns, 156-58 research community concerns, 118 residential service, 152, 180-81, 200n satellite dishes, 273 telephone service as pricing model, 37 telephone service example, 149-50 types of access, 40 ubiquity of access, 152, 167n user charges, 8-10 Accounting. See Financial issues. Read the entire page →
From page 288... ... requirements, 126 limitation as network measure, 52 INDEX modem limitations, 37 reserved bandwidth service, 66-67, 108n research requirements, 117-18 BARRnet regional network, 266 map, 24 Bearer service level (ODN) , 5, 47-48 ATM and, 56-58, 108nn access circuits bidirectionality, 8687, 89, 110nn centrality of, 51-52, 93-94 characteristics of, 52-55 diagram, 53 integration options, 88-89 quality of service, 65-67, 93, 95 research needs, 93-95 Best-effort service, 65-66, 179, 181, 18991 BESTNET (educational consortium) Read the entire page →
From page 289... ... access circuits bidirectionality, 86-87 access restrictions, 119 administration views, 33 censorship, 158-60 289 costs and scalability, 180-81, 200n customer support services, 263-64 funding partnerships, 174-75 government-generated information, 154-56, 168n intellectual property protection, 16065, 170nn interconnection services, 176 Internet oversight, 221-23 last-mile considerations, 36-38, 45, 180-81 needs of markets vs communities, 150, 152-53, 166n NSFNET, 242 open system support, 90-91 payment for services and access, 152-53, 167n privacy concerns, 156-58, 169n public vs private interests, 90-91, 211-13, 232n residential connections, 36-38, 45, 180-81 royalties protection, 163, 164 service availability, 150 standards setting, 6, 218-20, 71-72 Communications infrastructure. See Information infrastructure; Networks; NII. Read the entire page →
From page 290... ... DARTnet (ARPA) , 241 Data integrity, 80, 81-83, 161 Data path symmetry, 87, 110n Database browsing services, 60, 61-63 Database sharing in education, 121 Decentralization issues, 45 Internet experience, 247-51 network control functions, 96 routing, 94 security concerns, 101-2 user support services, 262-64 DECnet networks, 238 INDEX Defense Department (DOD) Read the entire page →
From page 291... ... , 230n, 251, 278 Federal policy issues, 204-33 acceptable use policy, 159-60 access circuit bidirectionality, 89-90 access circuits reengineering, 86-91 administration goals and roles, 33, 205-6 agencies involved in, 280 coordination and management role, 213-16 education (K-12) concerns, 131-32, 209-10 export controls, 277-79 government-generated information, 154-56, 168n Accessibility issues; Legal issues. Read the entire page →
From page 292... ... upgrades, 61 Financial issues, 172-202 access links, 181 access circuits, 87, 181 connectivity, 176-83, l99n cost reduction and new technology, 37 costs as key factor, 142-43 costs of access, 152, 167n costs of infrastructure, 176-83, l99n database sharing, 121 education (K-12) concerns, 132 entertainment industry role, 31-32 export controls, 277-79 federal funding, 9-11, 14-15, 23, 17276, 227 fixed costs, 177-78 funding partnerships, 174-75 geographical cost differences, 180-81 interconnect charges, 183 INDEX international concerns, 271-72, 276 last-mile connections, 36-38, 181 link technology and pricing, 37 payment and pricing, 183-99. Read the entire page →
From page 293... ... Humanities and arts research, 114, 118-19, 144n Hypertext, 30 document definition by, 164-65 information access using, 61-62 IEPG (Internet Engineering Planning Group) , 270 IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) Read the entire page →
From page 294... ... definition, 285 economics, 36-38 residential services and, 45, 180-81, 200n technology and, 36-37 Legal issues censorship, 158-60 intellectual property protection, 16065, 170nn liability concerns, 170n libraries, 138 personal information usage, 261 privacy concerns, 156-58, 169n Liability concerns, 170n Library issues, 133-41 accessibility concerns, 137-40 commercial support, 173 costs and scalability, 180-81, 200n costs as key factor, 142-43, 146n digital libraries, 104, kiln, 132, 13640, 145-46n equity in financing, 196-97 equity of access, 149-53 government-generated information, 154-56 interlibrary loan system, 146n privacy requirements, 157 public library characteristics, 134-37, 146n Local area networks (LANs) description, 19 Internet access via, 245 Read the entire page →
From page 295... ... , 22 MichNet, 122 Microwave links, 19 Middleware level (ODN) services, 5, 49,55,58 diagram, 53 research and development needs, 99-102, 103-4 MIDnet regional network, map, 24 Mobile access technology, federal support of, 12 Mobility of computing, 76-77, 97 Modem bandwidth limitations, 37 Monitoring and measuring networks, 77-78, 98 Mosaic hypertext interface, 30, 62, 120, 165 MPEG II (Motion Picture Experts Group) Read the entire page →
From page 296... ... program agencies involved in, 230n, 241-42, 241-42 development of, 29, 240-41 education (K-12) focus of, 119 federal funding, 174-75 federal policy and, 204-11, 228n gigabit technology, 27 HPCC initiative and, 240 IITA and, 242 Internet support, 23, 239-42 NII and, 2 NRENAISSANCE Committee, vii-viii . Read the entire page →
From page 297... ... , 215-251 Open Data Network (ODN) , 2-4, 43-47 access circuits, 86-90, 96-97 addressing and naming, 74-76 benefits, 46-47 compliance issues, 67-70 criteria for, 44, 44 deployment issues, 7-10, 14 federal roles in, 10-16 mobility of computing, 76-77, 97 monitoring and measuring, 77-78, 98 network control functions, 96-97 objectives for, 44-46 openness defined, 3-4 organizational objectives, 44-46 quality of service, 65-67, 93, 95 recommendation for, 14 research and development, 91-104 scalability, 45, 74-78 security issues, 45, 78-84, 101-2 software development needs, 102-5 standards, 45, 70-74, 85-86 Open Data Network (ODN) Read the entire page →
From page 298... ... Publishing issues archiving electronically, 114 censorship, 158-60 challenges of networks, 53-54, 61-62, 153-54, 167-68n copyright management, 164 copyright protection, 100, 104, 161, 162-63 copyright protection technology, 104-5 INDEX digital libraries, 136-40 document definition control, 164-65 educational publishing concerns, 126 electronic distribution, 141, 153, 168n electronic text experiments, 141 filtering and navigating online information, 99-100 hypertext, 30, 61-62, 164-65 information overload management, 99-100 information retrieval services, 61-63 intellectual property protection, 100, 104, 160-65, 170nn libraries, 138-39, 146n multimedia formatting needs, 105 navigating and filtering online information, 99-100 needs of markets vs communities, 150, 152-53, 166n on-line projects, 141 open marketplace of ideas of WWW, 61-66 royalties protection, 100, 163, 164 technological changes, 153-54, 16768n user interface requirements, 99-100 Q Quality of service issues, 65-67, 93, 95 R Radio links, 19 Red Sage project (on-line journals) , 163 Regional networks, 266-68 map, 24 NSF Connections program and, 238 usage types, 266 Remote access services, 59-60 Research and development for NII and ODN needs, 91-104, 110n, 223-228 Research comrnunit,v issues, 113-19. Read the entire page →
From page 299... ... administration goals, 32, 33 balancing conflicting needs, 150, 15253, 166n educational concerns, 119-33 federal policy and social needs, 214 lifelong education, 133 newsgroups, 30 public vs private interests, 90-91, 211-13, 232n Software development research needs, 102-5 SONET (synchronous optical network) standard, 223, 232n, 284 SPAN (NASA network) Read the entire page →
From page 300... ... ; Networks. Telecommunications Policy Roundtable principles, 255 Teleconferencing home education possibilities, 133 multimedia, 243 Telephone industry issues access circuits bidirectionality, 8687,89 community access support, 173, 198n equity of access, 149-50, 166n lobbying efforts, 230n PHONENET, 238 technology upgrades, 37 video possibilities, 31 INDEX Television (cable) Read the entire page →
From page 301... ... User support services, 262-64 UUCP, 271 V vBNS (very high speed backbone network service) access possibilities, 28 definition, 286 federal policy and, 221 upgrades, 21, 27, 240 Video (interactive) Read the entire page →

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... , 28 payment and pricing, 152-53, 167n, 183-98 privacy concerns, 156-58 research community concerns, 118 residential service, 152, 180-81, 200n satellite dishes, 273 telephone service as pricing model, 37 telephone service example, 149-50 types of access, 40 ubiquity of access, 152, 167n user charges, 8-10 Accounting. See Financial issues.

Index Pages 287-301

Index
Pages 287-301