So Paulo, Brazils largest city, has more mobile phones than does
Paris. The largest phone system in Kampuchea is cellular. In the
next twenty years, within one generation, everyone on earth will be
able to place a phone call to anyone else anywhere. This Meganet is
a patchwork of networks, big and small, local and global, primitive
and high-tech, that fit together because they share compatible
technologies. Wilson Dizards Meganet is a report on the progress
and setbacks in expanding Meganet resources to everyone on earth.
He examines not only the advantages, from toll-free numbers and
credit cards, but the downsides, from the potential invasions of
privacy to the question of who will and who should control Meganet.
Dizard describes the likely players: from the oil and utility
companies who own desirable rights-of-way to Silicon Valley to
emerging innovators in Chile and Germany.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
November 2021 |
| First published: |
1999 |
| Authors: |
Wilson P Dizard Jr
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
272 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-00967-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-367-00967-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780367009670 |
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