Regulatory and policy issues: 802.11 Goes to Washington: Incumbents fight municipal broadband

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  Gurley, Bill ^a  

^a Benchmark Capital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (DSL); IEEE 802.11; WIRELESS NETWORK;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PUBLIC POLICY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 27644552780     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2005.1522117     Document Type: Article

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