Planet Broadband

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Rouzbeh Yassini provides general broadband information and clears up some common misconceptions
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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).

Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful Broadband's past, present and future., October 6, 2003 By  James Harris (Tampa, FL USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Planet Broadband (Hardcover) Although the books compact look and feel should have indicated otherwise, I expected yet another technical book that would require a fair amount of commitment and concentration on my part. I was pleasantly surprised to discover this was not the case. Unlike most books I read, I found this book read more like a story than a technical book. Although technical content is kept to a minimum, the different technologies are well explained and the concepts are easy to understand. I didn't see any direct coloration between this book and any specific certification track. However, this book would serve well as a preparatory book for anybody coming into the broadband spectrum or even for those pursuing Cisco's Cable specialization or CCIP certifications. I found the historical references and usage statistics both interesting and surprising. Like most, I am aware of broadband and use it on a daily basis. However, until reading this book I was oblivious to its usage and far reaching... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink  Comment High Speed Internet and its Birth..., July 7, 2004 By  Joel E. Natt (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews    This review is from: Planet Broadband (Hardcover) "Planet Broadband" is not a Star Trek episode or another Sci-Fi title. It is the answer to the question: Of where the term "broadband" originated and why is it used when discussing cable internet services? This question is the base for the book "Planet Broadband" by Rouzbeh Yassini. When I first received the book, my initial thoughts where focused on the Cable Internet environment, but the book also presents the DSL side as well. This small book of 140 pages, including index, not only explains how the concept of Broadband communication evolved, but the possible directions it can go. This book is clearly more of a history of how the concept of broadband was developed and the growth of the Internet that it leads too. I can foresee future generations of children reading this book in a college course on Information Technology. When one considers that only three to five percent of the American public use any form of broadband services, the growth potential presented is... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink  Comment Planet broadband, April 9, 2004 By  michael hinckley (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews This review is from: Planet Broadband (Hardcover) Planet Broadband Rouzbeh Yassini Cisco Press ISBN 1-58720-090-2 No this is not the next episode of the starship .... It probably is a place where no man has gone before though. When I saw the title I imagined a world in the future where everything is automated, computerized, and far different from our current condition. Reading this book helped me realize that the dream of such a society with technology such as broadband underpinning it is not as far off as it might seem, and yet a good ways away. The book looks at trends in consumer adoption of major technological products over time, and interestingly the rate of adoption seems to be increasing more rapidly than it used to, meaning there is greater market penetration faster as time moves on. You will find out some statistics on the degree to which different countries have broadband infrastructure and subscribers and how government policy has helped or hindered that. For instance you will learn that in... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink  Comment

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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.

Downloadable Sample Chapter

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