Connecting Alaskans

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  • Connecting Alaskans Book Detail

  • Author : Heather E. Hudson
  • Release Date : 2015-09-15
  • Publisher : University of Alaska Press
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 350
  • ISBN 13 : 1602232687
  • File Size : 93,93 MB

Connecting Alaskans by Heather E. Hudson PDF Summary

Book Description: Introduction -- Alaska's first information highway -- Expansion after World War II and "the talking lady of the North"--Early broadcasting -- Privatizing the Alaska communications system -- The beginning of the satellite era -- The NASA experiments -- From satellite experiments to commercial service -- Telephone service for every village -- Broadcasting and teleconferencing for rural Alaska -- Rural television : from RATNET to ARCS -- Deregulation and disruption -- State planning and policy -- Alaska's local telephone companies -- The phone wars -- Distance learning : from satellites to the internet -- Telemedicine in Alaska -- A new century : the growth of mobile and broadband -- Past and future connections

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