Planet Broadband

Features

Rouzbeh Yassini provides general broadband information and clears up some common misconceptions
Download - 37 KB -- TVQuestions.doc

Product Description

Understand what broadband is, why it is the fastest growing consumer media product since the VCR and what it means to you

• Learn about the historical development of broadband and understand its future course
• See how this technology will alter how we live, think, and do business
• Hear how recognized leaders in business, academia, and government see broadband literally reshaping their institutions, through thought-provoking interviews and commentary

The fastest-growing consumer media product since the VCR, broadband is a lightning-fast, always-on connection to a world of digitized media content. A technology that transforms the Internet from a dry medium of words and pictures to a multimedia extravaganza. Until recently, high-speed broadband data connectivity was purely the province of corporate America. But now, thanks to an ambitious multi-billion dollar investment by the telecommunications industry, broadband is fast becoming the most influential medium of communications since the telephone.

Planet Broadband helps readers understand the looming era of broadband communications and how they can profit and prosper from its onset. Written in an informal-but-informed voice, it begins with an observation about the broadband age. Each chapter discusses a key element or implication of the broadband era, including references to its historical development, explanations of how it works, and discussions of its influence on various elements of society. The book includes anecdotes, quotations, and interview excerpts from recognizable leaders in business and government that reinforce the subject's importance.

Interview(s)

Read an interview with Rouzbeh Yassini on the Canadian Information Processing Society site (CIPS.ca).

Praise For Planet Broadband

Review by John Ainsworth, CCNP
Review by Michael Hinckley, MCSE
Review by Ben Kurtzer
Review by Joel Natt

Sample Chapter(s)

Download - 242 KB -- Chapter 5: The Broadband Home

Index

Download - 196 KB -- Index

Foreword

Download - 70 KB -- Book Foreword by David Fellows, CTO, Comcast Cable Communications (pdf)

Table of Contents

Foreword.


Introduction.


1. Broadband: Anything, Anywhere, Anytime.