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The aim of this volume is to: model and explain the reason for various networking arrengements - public, private, hybrid, group, intra-organizational and virtual; project the evolution of the telecommunications network into a pluralistic federation of sub-networks; analyze the economics of private networks, and the technological options and network configurations available to providers both of public and private capacity; and examine the policy implications of use-privatization for social objectives traditonally incorporated in public networks, such as technical compatibility, universal service, common carriage, privacy, consumer protection, service quality, urban/rural service similarity, and ability to fashion national and international policies. The book addresses the future of telecommunications and information systems, and the maintenance of traditional public objectives within the emerging network of networks.

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