The many paradoxes of broadband

First Monday

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Odlyzko, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 3042730602     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v8i9.1072     Document Type: Article

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