The First 100 Feet: Options for Internet and Broadband Access

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Recasting the "problem of the last 100 feet" as "the length of the first 100 feet", this book challenges individuals, businesses, and policymakers to rethink fundamental issues in telecommunications policy. The contributors look at options for Internet and broadband access from the perspective of homeowners, apartment complexes and small businesses. They evaluate the opportunities and obstacles for bottom-up infrastructure development and the implications for traditional and alternative providers at the neighbourhood, regional and national levels. Already, some argue that Internet service providers will become the common denominator platform on which all other services can be carried.