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The Unpredictable Certainty: Information Infrastructure Through 2000 (1996)
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB)

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--> A Workshop Participants and Agenda Participants Duane Adams, Advanced Research Projects Agency Robert J. Aiken, Department of Energy/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Robert C. Atkinson, Teleport Communications Group David J. Barram, Department of Commerce Tora K. Bikson, RAND Corporation Alan R. Blatecky, MCNC Robert J. Bonometti, Office of Science and Technology Policy Cynthia H. Braddon, The McGraw Hill Companies Lewis M. Branscomb, Harvard University Vito Brugliera, Zenith Electronics Corporation James H. Burrows, National Institute of Standards and Technology James A. Chiddix, Time Warner Cable Yi-Tzuu Chien, National Science Foundation Melvyn Ciment, National Science Foundation David D. Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mark Corbitt, Federal Communications Commission Michael Corrigan, General Services Administration George Cotter, National Security Agency D. Joseph Donahue, Thomson Consumer Electronics H. Allen Ecker, Scientific-Atlanta Incorporated Joseph A. Flaherty, CBS Incorporated

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--> Howard Frank, Advanced Research Projects Agency Bernard R. Gifford, Academic Systems Corporation Paul E. Green, Jr., IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Richard R. Green, Cable Television Laboratories Incorporated Michael D. Greenbaum, Bell Atlantic Corporation Allen S. Hammond, New York Law School Daniel Hitchcock, Department of Energy Sally E. Howe, National Coordination Office for High Performance Computing and Communications Paul E. Hunter, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Laura M. Jennings, Microsoft Corporation Brian Kahin, J.F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Richard T. Liebhaber, MCI Communications Corporation Robert W. Lucky, Bell Communications Research Marina M. Mann, Electric Power Research Institute Eric K. Marcus, Commerce Clearing House Incorporated Michael J. Marcus, Federal Communications Commission Clement J. McDonald, Regenstrief Institute for Health Center James C. McKinney, Advanced Television Systems Committee David G. Messerschmitt, University of California at Berkeley Avram C. Miller, Intel Corporation Graham Mobley, Scientific-Atlanta Incorporated Mahal Mohan, AT&T Corporation Lloyd N. Morrisett, John and Mary Markle Foundation Michael R. Nelson, Office of Science and Technology Policy Richard E. Ottinger (retired), Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission Michael A. Papillo, Houston Associates Incorporated Stewart D. Personick, Bell Communications Research Anthony M. Rutkowski, Internet Society Lawrence Seidman, Hughes Telecommunications and Space Sector Richard S. Sharpe, John A. Hartford Foundation Donald W. Simborg, KnowMed Systems J. Marty Tenenbaum, Enterprise Integration Technologies Corporation (EIT)/CommerceNet Shukri Wakid, National Institute of Standards and Technology Marvin I. Weinberger, Infonautics Corporation Stephen S. Wolff, Cisco Systems Incorporated

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--> Agenda Monday, January 16, 1995 5:30 p.m. Reception with Project Liaisons 6:00 Dinner 6:45 Welcome: Lewis Branscomb, Workshop Chair Tuesday, January 17, 1995   Participants-at-large (all discussion panels): Tora Bikson, RAND Corporation; Michael Greenbaum, Bell Atlantic Corporation; Allen Hammond, New York Law School; Brian Kahin, Harvard University; David Messerschmitt, University of California at Berkeley 9:00 Introduction and Charge to Workshop: Lewis Branscomb 9:15 TPWG and Its Sponsorship of the NII Technology Deployment Project: Howard Frank, Advanced Research Projects Agency 9:30 Technology Deployment Scenarios   Discussion Leader: Robert Lucky, Bell Communications Research   Steering Committee Participants: James Chiddix, Time Warner Cable; Joseph Flaherty, CBS Incorporated; Richard Liebhaber, MCI Communications Corporation   Invited Participants: Robert Atkinson, Teleport Communications Group; Marina Mann, Electric Power Research Institute; James McKinney, Advanced Television Systems Committee; Mahal Mohan, AT&T Corporation; Richard Ottinger, Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission (retired); Stewart Personick, Bell Communications Research; Lawrence Seidman, Hughes Telecommunications and Space Sector

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--> 1:00 p.m. End-user Hardware/Software Issues   Discussion Leader: James Chiddix, Time Warner Cable   Invited Participants: Vito Brugliera, Zenith Electronics Corporation; Joseph Donahue, Thomson Consumer Electronics; Allen Ecker, Scientific-Atlanta Incorporated; Richard Green, Cable Television Laboratories Inc.; Laura Jennings, Microsoft Corporation; Avram Miller, Intel Corporation 3:00 Domain-Specific Applications: Specialized vs.; Common Conditions   Discussion Leaders: Cynthia Braddon, The McGraw-Hill; Companies, and Donald Simborg, KnowMed Systems   Invited Participants:   Education Alan Blatecky, MCNC; Bernard Gifford, Academic Systems Corporation; Marvin Weinberger, Infonautics Corporation   Health care; Clement McDonald, Regenstrief Institute; Richard Sharpe , John A. Hartford Foundation   Publishing; Eric Marcus, Commerce Clearing House Inc. 5:00 Day One Concludes 5:15 Reception 6:30 Dinner 7:30 Remarks: Lewis Branscomb, Workshop Chair   Speech: David Barram, Deputy Secretary; Department of Commerce

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--> Wednesday, January 18, 1995 9:00 The Internet as an NII Model   Discussion Leader: Richard Liebhaber, MCI Communications   Steering Committee Participant: David Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology   Invited Participants: Anthony Rutkowski, Internet Society; Marty Tenenbaum, EIT/CommerceNet; Stephen Wolff, Cisco Systems Incorporated 10:45 Dueling Definitions   Discussion Leader: David Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1:00 p.m. Capstone—NII Technology Deployment; Barriers and Drivers   Discussion Leader: Joseph Flaherty, CBS Incorporated   Members of the Steering Committee and Designated Participants 2:45 Springing Forward: Next Steps, White Papers, and the; May 23-24 Forum   Members of the Steering Committee; Plenary Discussion 4:30 Adjourn

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--> B Forum Participants and Agenda Participants Alden Abbott, Department of Commerce Mike Abel, NEC America Duane A. Adams, Advanced Research Projects Agency Robert J. Aiken, Department of Energy/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Paul Allison, North Communications Allan J. Arlow, Attorney at Law, Washington, D.C. Eric M. Aupperle, Merit Network Incorporated Donald M. Austin, National Coordination Office for High Performance Computing and Communications Henriette D. Avram, Library of Congress (retired) Wendell B. Bailey, National Cable Television Association Jonathan Band, Morrison and Foerster John Baras, University of Maryland Carol Barnes, National Institute of Standards and Technology Bruce Barrow, Defense Information Systems Agency Richard Barth, Motorola Incorporated Herbert Becker, Library of Congress Scott Behnke, DynCorp Louis Berger, BBN Systems and Technologies Henry Bertoni, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn Kul Bhasin, NASA Lewis Research Center

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--> Charles Billingsley, Information Technology Association of America Alan R. Blatecky, MCNC Robert T. Blau, BellSouth Corporation Robert Bonometti, Office of Science and Technology Policy Jane Bortnick Griffith, Library of Congress Heather Boyles, FARNET Incorporated Cynthia H. Braddon, The McGraw-Hill Companies George Brandenburg, Harvard University Anne Wells Branscomb, Harvard University Lewis M. Branscomb, Harvard University Tim Brennan, UMBC/Resources for the Future Charles Brownstein, Corporation for National Research Initiatives/Cross-Industry Working Team Donald P. Brutzman, Naval Postgraduate School James H. Burrows, National Institute of Standards and Technology Daniel F. Burton, Council on Competitiveness Aubrey M. Bush, National Science Foundation Ty Carter, American Bankers Association Deborah Castleman, Department of Defense Lynn Chapman, Raychem Corporation Nim Cheung, Bell Communications Research James A. Chiddix, Time Warner Cable Yi-Tzuu Chien, National Science Foundation Eliot J. Christian, U.S. Geological Survey David D. Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Whit Clay, Capitoline/MS&L Tim Clifford, DynCorp Guy Copeland, Computer Sciences Corporation Mark Corbitt, Federal Communications Commission Robert R. Cordell, Bell Communications Commission Michael L. Corrigan, EDS George Cotter, National Security Agency Robert W. Crandall, Brookings Institution John C. Davis, Department of Defense John Deferrari, U.S. General Accounting Office Paul Detering, Raychem Corporation Gilbert Devey, National Science Foundation D. Joseph Donahue, Thomson Consumer Electronics Incorporated Norman Douglas, National Communications System Don Dulchinos, Cable Television Laboratories Incorporated Lammot du Pont, National Institute of Standards and Technology H. Allen Ecker, Scientific-Atlanta Incorporated Dennis W. Elliott, ALOHA Networks Incorporated

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--> Joel Engel, Ameritech Erik Fair, Apple Computer Incorporated Maria Farnon, Tufts University Gerald Faulhaber, University of Pennsylvania David Feldmeier, Bell Communications Research Francis Dummer Fisher, University of Texas Joseph A. Flaherty, CBS Incorporated Howard Frank, Advanced Research Projects Agency Barbara Y. Fraser, CERT Coordination Center Richard B. Friedman, University of Wisconsin Medical School Cita Furlani, National Institute of Standards and Technology Donald Fye, GTE Personal Communications Services Bernard R. Gifford, Academic Systems Corporation Warren Gifford, Bell Communications Research John Gilsenan, Department of State Joseph Gitlin, John Hopkins Medical Institutions Ross S. Glatzer, Prodigy Services Company (retired) Norman Glick, National Security Agency Gayle F. Gordon, Department of the Interior Diana Gowen, MCI Paul E. Green, Jr., IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Richard R. Green, Cable Television Laboratories Incorporated Michael D. Greenbaum, Bell Atlantic Corporation Marjorie Greene, First Washington Associates Irene Greif, Lotus Development Corporation David Gross, AirTouch Communications Incorporated Daniel Grulke, Department of Defense W. Ed Hammond, Duke University Medical Center Kathryn Hanson, Silicon Graphics John Harrald, George Washington University Frank Hartel, National Institutes of Health Ted Hartson, Post Newsweek Cable Stephen Haynes, WESTLAW John Hestenes, National Science Foundation Jenifer Hill, Capitoline/MS&L Terence Hill, International Monetary Fund Lincoln Hoewing, Bell Atlantic Lee Holcomb, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Eric S. Hood, NorthwestNet Edward Horowitz, Viacom Incorporated Ellis Horowitz, University of Southern California Sally E. Howe, National Coordination Office for High Performance Computing and Communications

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--> Kathleen Huber, Bay Networks Peter W. Huber, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Paul E. Hunter, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lionel S. Johns, Office of Science and Technology Policy David Johnson, CTA Incorporated Elizabeth Johnston, General Accounting Office Anita K. Jones, Department of Defense Charles N. Judice, Bell Atlantic Brian Kahin, Harvard University Kevin Kahn, Intel Corporation Ellen S. Kappel, Joint Oceanographic Institutions Incorporated James H. Keller, harvard University Leonard Kleinrock, University of California at Los Angeles Ken Klingenstein, University of Colorado at Boulder Marilyn Kraus, Defense Information Systems Agency Richard Kuhn, National Institute of Standards and Technology Henry Lai, General Services Administration Larry Landweber, University of Wisconsin Carl E. Landwehr, Naval Research Laboratory Barry M. Leiner, Advanced Research Projects Agency Ted Leventhal, Business Research Publications Martin Libicki, Institute for National Strategic Studies Richard T. Liebhaber, MCI Communications Corporation Andrew Lippman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Fred Scoresby Long, National Weather Service Jonathan Low, Department of Labor Robert W. Lucky, Bell Communications Research Daniel Lynch, Interop Company and Cybercash Incorporated David Lytel, Office of Science and Technology Policy Mary Madigan, Personal Communications Industry Association John Major, Motorola Incorporated Marina M. Mann, Electric Power Research Institute Robert Mason, Case Western Reserve University Alan McAdams, Cornell University Lois Clark McCoy, National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue Jack McDonald, MBX Incorporated Bernadette McGuire-Rivera, National Telecommunications and Information Administration James McKinney, Advanced Television Systems Committee Milo Medin, @Home Michael Melas, IBM Research Division David G. Messerschmitt, University of California at Berkeley

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--> Richard Friedman and Sean Thomas (University of Wisconsin), "The Argument for Universal Access to the Health Care Information Infrastructure: The Particular Needs of Rural Areas, the Poor, and the Underserved" David A. Garbin (MITRE Corporation), "Toward a National Data Network: Architectural Issues and the Role of Government" Oscar Garcia (submitted for the IEEE Computer Society), "Statement on National Information Infrastructure Issues" Joseph Gitlin (Johns Hopkins University), "Proposal for an Evaluation of Health Care Applications on the NII" Ross Glatzer (Prodigy Services, retired), "The Internet: A Model: Thoughts on the Five-Year Outlook" Jiong Gong and Padmanabhan Srinagesh (Bell Communications Research), "The Economics of Layered Networks" Marjorie Green (First Washington Associates), "As We May Work: An Approach Toward Collaboration on the NII" Paul E. Green, Jr. (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center), "Making Fiber Optic Bandwidth Available to End Users" Richard R. Green (Cable Television Laboratories Inc.), "Cable Television Technology Deployment" Michael D. Greenbaum (Bell Atlantic) and David Ticoll (Alliance for Emerging Technologies), "Privacy, Access and Equity, Democracy, and Networked Interactive Media" W. Ed Hammond (Duke University Medical Center), "The Use of the Social Security Number as the Basis for the National Citizen Identifier" Peter W. Huber (Manhattan Institute), Boban Mathew (Yale University), and John Thorne (Bell Atlantic), "Estimating the Costs of Telecommunications Regulation" Kevin C. Kahn (Intel Corporation), "Residential PC Access: Issues with Bandwidth Availability" Randy H. Katz (University of California at Berkeley), William L. Scherlis (Carnegie Mellon University), and Stephen L. Squires (Advanced Research Projects Agency), "The National Information Infrastructure: A High Performance Computing and Communications Perspective" Leonard Kleinrock (University of California at Los Angeles), "Nomadic Computing and Communications" Mary Madigan (Personal Communications Industry Association), "NII 2000: The Wireless Perspective" Robert M. Mason, Chester Bowling, and Robert J. Niemi (Case Western Reserve University), "Small Manufacturing Enterprises and the National Information Infrastructure"

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--> Lois Clark McCoy and Douglas Gillies (National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue) and John Harrald (NIUSR and George Washington University), "Architecture for an Emergency Lane on the NII: Crisis Information Management" John C. McDonald (MBX Inc.), "Aspects of Integrity in the NII" David G. Messerschmitt (University of California at Berkeley), "What the NII Could Be: A User Perspective" Avram Miller and Ogden Perry (Intel Corporation), "Role of the PC in Emerging Information Infrastructures" Mahal Mohan (AT&T Corporation), "NII Evolution—Technology Deployment Plans, Challenges, and Opportunities: AT&T Perspective" Reagan W. Moore (San Diego Supercomputer Center), "Enabling Petabyte Computing" Organization for the Protection and Advancement of Small Telephone Companies (OPASTCO), "Private Investment and Federal National Information Infrastructure (NII) Policy" Tom Perrine (San Diego Supercomputing Center), "Thoughts on Security and the NII" Stewart D. Personick (Bell Communications Research), "Trends in Deployments of New Telecommunications Services by Local Exchange Carriers in Support of an Advanced National Information Infrastructure" Robert S. Powers (MCI Telecommunications Inc.), Tim Clifford (DynCorp), and James M. Smith (Competitive Telecommunications Association), "The Future NII/GII—Views of Interexchange Carriers" J.C. Redmond, C.D. Decker, and W.G. Griffin (GTE Laboratories Inc.), "Technology in the Local Network" Robert F. Roche (Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association), "Recognizing What the NII Is, What It Needs, and How to Get It" Thomas C. Rochow, George E. Scarborough, and Frank David Utterback (McDonnell Douglas Corporation), "Electronic Integrated Product Development as Enabled by a Global Information Environment: A Requirement for Success in the Twenty-First Century" Quincy Rodgers (General Instrument Corporation), "Interoperability, Standards, and Security: Will the NII Be Based on Market Principles?" Russell I. Rothstein and Lee McKnight (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), "Technology and Cost Models of Connecting K-12 Schools to the National Information Infrastructure" David Schell, Lance McKee, and Kurt Buehler (Open GIS Consortium), "Geodata Interoperability—A Key NII Requirement" Daniel Schutzer (Citibank), "Electronic Commerce"

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--> Gail Garfield Schwartz and Paul E. Cain (Teleport Communications Group), "Prospects and Prerequisites for Local Telecommunications Competition: Public Policy Issues for the NII" John W. Thompson, Jr. (GNOSTECH Incorporated), "The Awakening 3.0: PCs, TSBs, or DTMF-TV: Which Telecomputer Architecture Is Right for the Next Generations' Public Network?" Gio Wiederhold (Stanford University), "Effective Information Transfer for Health Care: Quality versus Quantity" Ronald D. Zellner, Jon Denton, and Luana Zellner (Texas A&M University), "Integrating Technology with Practice: A Technology-enhanced Field-based Teacher Preparation Program" Ziebarth, John P. (National Center for Supercomputing Applications), W. Neil Thompson (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), J.D. Nyhart (Massachussetts Institute of Technology), Kenneth Kaplan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Bill Ribarsky (Georgia Institute of Technology), Gio Wiederhold (Stanford University), Michael R. Genesereth (Stanford University), Kenneth Gilpatric (consultant to National Performance Review NetResults.Regnet; formerly with Administrative Conference of the United States), Tim E. Roxey (National Performance Review RegNet.Industry, Baltimore Gas and Electric, and Council for Excellence in Government), William J. Olmstead (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Ben Slone (Finite Matters Ltd.), Jim Acklin (Regulatory Information Alliance), "REGNET: An NPR Regulatory Reform Initiative Towards NII/GII Collaboratories" Stephen N. Zilles and Richard Cohn (Adobe Systems Incorporated), "Electronic Document Interchange and Distribution Based on the Portable Document Format, an Open Interchange Format"

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--> E NII 2000 Liaisons Andrew Blau, Benton Foundation Michael Borrus, Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy Fiona Branton, Computer Systems Policy Project Charles N. Brownstein, Corporation for National Research Initiatives/Cross-Industry Working Team Daniel F. Burton, Council on Competitiveness Ty Carter, American Bankers Association Ed Fouhy, Pew Center for Civic Journalism Paul Hart, United States Telephone Association Ted Heydinger, Information Technology Industry Council Lincoln Hoewing, Bell Atlantic Suzanna Hoppszallern, American Hospital Association Laurie Itkin, National Conference of State Legislatures Mary Gardiner Jones, Alliance for Public Technology Jeffrey Joseph, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Robert Kahn, Corporation for National Research Initiatives Linda Laskowski, U S West Communications Doug Miller, Software Publishers Association Jennifer Miller, International Communications Industry Association William Morin, National Association of Manufacturers Paul Evan Peters, Coalition for Networked Information David Peyton, Information Technology Association of America Carol Risher, Association of American Publishers

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--> Michael M. Roberts, EDUCOM Deborah Rudolph, Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers Ellen Schned, Viacom International Robert Smith, Jr., Interactive Services Association Roger Smith, American Electronics Association Casmir Skrzypczak, NYNEX Corporation Suzanne P. Tichenor, Council on Competitiveness Frederick Weingarten, The Computer Research Association Eric Wolferman, Newspaper Association of America Mark Zalewski, X.9 Financial Services

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--> F Letter from Vice President Albert Gore March 6, 1995 Dear Dr. Branscomb: On behalf of the Administration, I want to thank you for the work that you and your colleagues are doing in connection with the National Research Council's "NII 2000" Committee. There is one issue that the Administration is particularly interested in that I hope the Committee can shed some light on. Although the Administration's NII policy is technology neutral, we would like to see an NII that allows individuals to be producers as well as consumers of information, that enables "many to many" communication, and that provides a "general purpose" infrastructure capable of supporting a wide range of services. The NRC's previous report on the NII, Realizing the Information Future , concluded that some U.S. companies may invest in an infrastructure that is capable of providing one-way video delivery but not a broader range of services. For this reason, it would be very helpful to have an objective assessment of the capabilities of different residential broadband architectures (e.g., hybrid fiber-coax, fiber-to-the-curb, wireless alternatives) being deployed by the private sector. The NRC could select a representative sample of applications and services (videoconferencing, high-speed access to the Internet or other on-line services, telecommuting, distance learning, grassroots electronic publishing) and determine whether the

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--> broadband architectures under consideration will be capable of supporting these applications. Clearly, market considerations will drive the technology and architectural decisions of U.S. telecommunications providers. Futhermore, a network that may originally support a limited range of services can be incrementally upgraded in response to consumer demand. The Administration has absolutely no interest in mandating a particular technology. This would be completely contrary to the Administration's NII philosophy. However, we are interested in working cooperatively with industry and academia to promote a shared vision of a versatile, general purpose infrastructure with a "Jeffersonian" architecture. We would welcome any concrete suggestions the Committee may have for advancing these goals. Thank you again for your work on this important NRC Committee. Sincerely, (signed) Al Gore

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--> G Acronyms and Abbreviations Used ACS access control and security ADSL asymmetric digital subscriber line ARDIS Advanced Radio Data Information Service ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency ATIS Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions ATM asynchronous transfer mode ATV Advanced Television BDSL broadband digital subscriber line BTA basic trading area CAT Committee on Applications and Technology CDMA code-division multiple access CDPD cellular digital packet data CIC Committee on Information and Communications CNRI Corporation for National Research Initiatives COC Council on Competitiveness COMPLEC competitive local exchange carrier CPU central processing unit CSPP Computer Systems Policy Project CSTB Computer Science and Telecommunications Board CTIA Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association

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--> DBS direct broadcast satellite DET digital entertainment terminal DOD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy DOS Disk Operating System EDI electronic data interchange EIA Electronic Industries Association FCC Federal Communications Commission FTTC fiber to the curb Gbps gigabits per second GII global information infrastructure GILS Government Information Locator Service GSM Global System for Mobile Communications GSSI government services information infrastructure GUI graphical user interface HCT home communications terminal HDSL high-bit-rate digital subscriber line HDTV high-definition television HFC hybrid fiber coaxial cable HPCCI High Performance Computing and Communications Initiative HTML Hypertext Mark-up Language IC integrated circuit IEEE Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers IETF Internet Engineering Task Force IISP Information Infrastructure Standards Panel IITF Information Infrastructure Task Force IMA Interactive Multimedia Association IP Internet Protocol IS information systems ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network ISP Internet service provider ITS Intelligent Transportation System ITU International Telecommunications Union IXC interexchange carrier kbps kilobits per second

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--> LAN local area network LATA local access and transport area LEC local exchange carrier LEO low earth orbit LMDS local multipoint distribution service MAN metropolitan area network Mbps megabits per second MIS management information systems MMDS multichannel multipoint distribution service MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group MSO Multiple System Operator MTA major trading area NAP network access point NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NATA North American Telecommunications Association NCTA National Cable Television Association NII national information infrastructure NIM network interface module NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology NSF National Science Foundation NTIA National Telecommunications and Information Administration NTSC National Television System Committee ODN Open Data Network OTA Office of Technology Assessment (U.S. Congress; closed 1995) PAL phase alternation by line PC personal computer PCIA Personal Communications Industry Association PCS personal communication service PDA personal digital assistant POP point of presence POTS ''plain old" telephone service QAM quadrature amplitude modulation QOS quality of service R&D research and development RBHC regional Bell holding company

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--> RBOC regional Bell operating company RTIF Realizing the Information Future (CSTB, 1994b) SDTV standard definition television SECAM sequential couleur avec memoire SMDS switched multimegabit data service SME small manufacturing enterprise SONET Synchronous Optical NETwork SQL Structured Query Language STB set-top box STT set-top terminal TCP Transmission Control Protocol TDMA time-division multiple access TPWG Technology Policy Working Group TV television URL universal resource locator VAN value-added network VBI vertical blanking interval VPN virtual private network VSAT very small aperture terminal VSB vestigial side band WAN wide area network WINF WINForum; Wireless Information Networks Forum WWW, Web World Wide Web

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