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Dot-Dash to Dot.Com (eBook)

How Modern Telecommunications Evolved from the Telegraph to the Internet

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2010 | 2011
XVIII, 302 Seiten
Springer New York (Verlag)
978-1-4419-6760-2 (ISBN)

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Dot-Dash to Dot.Com - Andrew Wheen
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Telecommunications is a major global industry, and this unique book chronicles the development of this complex technology from the electric telegraph to the Internet in a simple, accessible, and entertaining way. The book opens with the early years of the electric telegraph. The reader will learn how the Morse telegraph evolved into an international network that spanned the globe, starting with the development of international undersea cables, and the heroic attempts to lay a trans-Atlantic cable. The book describes the events that led to the invention of the telephone, and the subsequent disputes over who had really invented it. It takes a look at some of the most important applications that have appeared on the Internet, the mobile revolution, and ends with a discussion of future key developments in the telecommunications industry.

Andrew Wheen has worked in the telecommunications field since 1982. He has held senior engineering and product management roles with major suppliers of telecommunications equipment and was one of the original architects of the Energis network in the United Kingdom (now Cable & Wireless). More recently, he has worked as a management consultant in the telecommunications and broadcasting industries. Dr. Wheen is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and is a Chartered Engineer. He is married with two children and lives near London.
Telecommunications is a major global industry, and this unique book chronicles the development of this complex technology from the electric telegraph to the Internet in a simple, accessible, and entertaining way. The book opens with the early years of the electric telegraph. The reader will learn how the Morse telegraph evolved into an international network that spanned the globe, starting with the development of international undersea cables, and the heroic attempts to lay a trans-Atlantic cable. The book describes the events that led to the invention of the telephone, and the subsequent disputes over who had really invented it. It takes a look at some of the most important applications that have appeared on the Internet, the mobile revolution, and ends with a discussion of future key developments in the telecommunications industry.

Andrew Wheen has worked in the telecommunications field since 1982. He has held senior engineering and product management roles with major suppliers of telecommunications equipment and was one of the original architects of the Energis network in the United Kingdom (now Cable & Wireless). More recently, he has worked as a management consultant in the telecommunications and broadcasting industries. Dr. Wheen is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and is a Chartered Engineer. He is married with two children and lives near London.

Dot-Dash to Dot.Com 4
Contents 6
Acknowledgments 10
Figures 12
Pictures 14
Tables 16
About the author 18
Introduction 20
1 The birth of an industry 22
2 The telegraph goes global 37
3 A gatecrasher spoils theparty 48
4 Early telephone networks 65
5 Going digital 83
6 A bit of wet string 97
7 The last mile 119
8 Computers get chatty 128
9 The birth of the Internet 142
10 Life in cyberspace 154
11 The mobile revolution 177
12 When failure is not anoption 188
13 What comes next? 196
Appendices 215
Notes 265
Glossary 293
Bibliography 305
Index 306

Erscheint lt. Verlag 4.11.2010
Reihe/Serie Popular Science
Popular Science
Springer Praxis Books
Springer Praxis Books
Zusatzinfo XVIII, 302 p.
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Technikgeschichte
Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Netzwerke
Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Web / Internet
Naturwissenschaften Biologie
Technik Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
Technik Nachrichtentechnik
Schlagworte 3G networks • access networks • Analogue networks • Birth of the Internet • History of telecommunication
ISBN-10 1-4419-6760-5 / 1441967605
ISBN-13 978-1-4419-6760-2 / 9781441967602
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