Book Description
This first-of-its-kind volume shows how our new information infrastructure is being constructed. A readable and revealing introduction to the technologies currently merging to form the so-called ``information highway,'' the book spotlights the cable systems that function as its backbone. From the conceptual theory, to the plans and methods being implemented to link existing communications networks. . .from established systems to those on the cutting edge. . .video and audio--here is the inside story of the interconnections that are fast making the coming information age a reality.