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      Accelerating Technology: The Pace of Transmission Systems

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      Bandwidth, Growth In Capacity, Telecommunications, Technological Change, Transmission Technology
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            Abstract

            The growths in capacity of various generations of transmission technology were studied. The results show that the growth rates for different transmission technologies are themselves increasing, which means that the pace of transmission technology is accelerating. What is somewhat surprising is that long-distance rates are not decreasing more steeply. What is not surprising is the bandwidth glut in backbone networks. However, the increasing availability of transmission capacity in the bandwidth-rich world of the future could herald a return to circuit switching for data telecommunication.

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            cpro20
            CPRO
            Prometheus
            Critical Studies in Innovation
            Pluto Journals
            0810-9028
            1470-1030
            March 2002
            : 20
            : 1
            : 15-20
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            10032439 Prometheus, Vol. 20, No. 1, March 2002, pp. 15-20
            10.1080/08109020110110286
            c1d38f12-3e70-4954-bd3e-df81450ab521
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            Computer science,Arts,Social & Behavioral Sciences,Law,History,Economics
            Bandwidth,Growth In Capacity,Transmission Technology,Telecommunications,Technological Change

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            1. Noll A. Michael. . 1994. . 'A study of long-distance rates: divestiture revisited'. . Telecommunications Policy . , Vol. 18((5)): 355––62. .

            2. Noll A. Michael. . 1998. . Introduction to Telephones and Telephone Systems, . , third edition. , Boston , MA : : Artech House. .

            3. O'Neill E. F.. , ed. 1985. . A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: Transmission Technology (1925-1975) . , Indianapolis , IN : : Bell Laboratories. .

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