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The Residential Gateway: A New Traffic Cop for the Home
Holliday, Clifford R.
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The author introduces us to a new concept -- the Residential Gateway -- that is a basic enabler for residential broadband communications networks. He believes that this concept is crucial to the realization of a multiple-provider, competitive residential environment. The Residential Gateway provides an effective solution to multiple incompatible external networks such as twisted copper pair, fiber optics, and coax interfacing with in-home networks and devices such as VCRs, TVs, and PCs.

Vision Planning
Holliday, Clifford R.
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Addresses a set of techniques directed at formalizing the process of vision development and follow-through. The author outlines the process of developing, refining, and testing a vision statement. He explains why comparing the draft vision against technology projections and plans is so important. Finally, he discusses the real "payoff" stage of Vision Planning -- backward deployment or high-level implementation planning.

We Have Found the Killer App--And It is Killing Us
Holliday, Clifford R.
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Looks at the design of the telco network and the Internet, then considers the impact of the projected Internet traffic on various parts of those combined networks. The author illustrates why he thinks the Web is becoming a "real killer" and discusses some of the possible ways to reform this "felon" application.

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