The History of Communications and its Implications for the Internet
Preprint
- 1 January 2000
- preprint
- Published by Elsevier in SSRN Electronic Journal
Abstract
The Internet is the latest in a long succession of communication technologies. The goal of this work is to draw lessons from the evolution of all these servicesKeywords
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