Living in the DC/Baltimore area with Hopkins, MD, Georgetown, GW, UMBC, George Mason, Howard and Morgan are all research intensive and there is a lot of bandwidth. I can tell you that the AT&T break up is the key to the web of today. Judge Green actually found AT&T to be a monopoly in 1982 (I believe that AT&T had been under a consent decree dating back to 1956 and the original suit was filed by MCI in 1968). I believe they were given two years to get it affairs in orders. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Ben Spigel Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 2:35 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Impact of AT&T divestiture on American college anduniversity campus computer networks? This is a fantastic topic, and definitely post whatever output of this research topic back to the list. You might find Ed Malecki's paper on regional bandwidth provision an interesting paper. It finds a very strong correlation between the amount of bandwidth in a region and the presence of a Ph.D granting institution. Universities were usually the core around a regional network. I'm not exactly sure how it directly relates to your topic, but it might give some interesting context. The citation is Malecki, E. (2004). Fibre tracks: Explaining investment in fibre optic backbones. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 16:21-39. Cheers, Ben Spigel Department of Geography The Ohio State University On 10/16/07, elw@stderr.org <elw@stderr.org> wrote:
While I certainly welcome input on the broader topic, I turn to you to recommend sources to help me understand what effect, if any, the 1984 divestiture of AT&T may have had on the development of American college and university campus computer networks and telecommunications, particularly computer networks installed in residence halls. From primary and secondary sources, I already know
that some institutions (the pioneers, as far as I can tell) began installing and experimenting with in-room network connections in the
mid 80s. So the timing is right
Great topic!
There were ghetto/private/totally-unauthorized networks running in the
dorms at my undergrad institution a full decade (plus some...) before the dorms were formally wired by the university. RG-58 coax running down exterior drainpipes, through windows, et cetera. This stuff has been going on for ages. :-)
There was some history of private CATV wiring on the same campus, also
done somewhat independently...
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