An economically scalable Internet

Over the past decade, many observers have claimed that the Internet brings the information revolution's components together in a way that will rival the industrial revolution's effects on human productivity and quality of life. The paper discusses an economically scalable Internet, includi...

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Published inComputer (Long Beach, Calif.) Vol. 35; no. 9; pp. 93 - 95
Main Author Heddaya, A.S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.09.2002
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Bandwidth
Bandwidths
Costs
Economics
Economies of scale
Environmental economics
Human
Internet
Manufacturing industries
Observers
Production
Productivity
Quality of service
Scalability
Streaming media
Technological change
Web and internet services
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Summary:Over the past decade, many observers have claimed that the Internet brings the information revolution's components together in a way that will rival the industrial revolution's effects on human productivity and quality of life. The paper discusses an economically scalable Internet, including bandwidth resources, quality of service, users' quality of experience, scalability and multicast-enabled distribution.
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ISSN:0018-9162
1558-0814
DOI:10.1109/MC.2002.1033035