The Information Superhighway: An Instant Retrospective - Two New Books Explore
The Information SuperhighwayCasa Italiana, Columbia University.
Sponsored by the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information. Co-sponsored by The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, at Casa Italiana
Despite
developments in the Internet and the promotion of the National Information
Infrastructure, the controversy ensues over high-bandwidth communications.
Join two respected authors associated with CITI, along with a panel
of experts in the telecommunications industry, as they defend their
differing perspectives.
Everette Dennis, The Freedom Forum
Panelists:
A. Michael Noll's recent book, Highway of Dreams, is a critical view of the hype accompanying many recent telecommunications initiatives. He discusses how to perform strategic and critical thinking in telecommunications. The methodology presented in the book includes learning the lessons of the past from history and also performing a critical review of the technological, financial, business, policy, and consumer factors. Highway of Dreams is published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Bruce Egan's recent book, Information
Superhighways Revisited: The Economics of Multimedia is an economic
and policy discussion of the key factors shaping the future of broadband
network technology. It provides tools needed to make better, more informed
decisions on planning, policy, and investment strategy. Information
Superhighways Revisited: The Economics of Multimedia is published
by Artech House Publishers.
