The internet backbone and the american metropolis

Information Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-47

  Moss, Mitchell L ^a   Townsend, Anthony M ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cities; Internet backbone; Metropolitan areas; Technology diffusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034339989     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019722400128310     Document Type: Article

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