Unpredictable Certainty : Information Infrastructure Through 2000

The Unpredictable CERTAINTY -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction and Summary -- DEFINING THE NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE -- DRIVING DEPLOYMENT: BUSINESS TRANSITIONS, BUSINESS MODELS -- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INTERNET -- As a Barometer of Potential -- As a Laboratory for Development of Workable Standards -- As a Basis for Critical Flexibility -- As a Vehicle for New Market Structures -- Whither the Internet? -- REALIZING THE NII'S POTENTIAL-THE USER PERSPECTIVE -- DEPLOYMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY -- Access -- Flexibility and Interoperability -- Additional Technology Concerns -- User Interaction with Networked Infrastructure -- PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATE OBJECTIVES -- ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT -- NOTES -- 2 Making Technology Work: Individual and Organized End Users -- WHO IS THE END USER? -- WHY THE NII MUST REACH THE HOME -- EVOLVING DEMAND FOR NII CAPABILITIES -- THE END USER AS CONSUMER -- ACCESS DEVICES -- The Personal Computer -- The Television -- Advanced Television -- The Telephone and Other Access Devices -- Toward a Fully Integrated Home System -- WHAT INCREASING USE OF GENERAL-ACCESS DEVICES IMPLIES FOR NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT -- High Data Rates to the End Point -- Adequate Bandwidth in Both Directions -- Multiple-Session Capability -- Continuous Availability of Service -- Real-time, Multimedia Communication -- Nomadicity -- Security -- CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS -- NOTES -- 3 Where Is the Business Case? -- FACTORS SHAPING INVESTMENT IN INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE -- INVESTMENT IN FACILITIES -- The Problem of How Much Bandwidth to Invest In -- Federal Licenses as an Influence on Deployment of New Wireless Systems -- Investing to Achieve Infrastructure Generality -- FROM FACILITIES TO SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS -- Balancing Investment-Software ''Capital.