Atlanta in the telecommunications age: The fiber-optic information network

Urban Geography

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 316-339

  Walcott, Susan M ^a   Wheeler, James O ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlanta; Fiber optics; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; URBAN ECONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035198954     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.22.4.316     Document Type: Article

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