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The accidental network : how a small company sparked a global broadband transformation / Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard ; with Stewart W. Schley ; foreword by John Chambers.
Van Pelt Library TK5103.4 .Y365 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yassini, Rouzbeh, Author.
- Schley, Stewart, author.
- Chambers, John, 1949- author of foreword.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Broadband communication systems--History.
- Broadband communication systems.
- Modems--History.
- Modems.
- Inventors--United States--Biography.
- Inventors.
- Engineers--United States--Biography.
- Engineers.
- Yassini, Rouzbeh.
- LANCity (Corporation).
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 189 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "The Accidental Network conveys the untold story of how the modern revolution in broadband communications took hold--and changed our world. Written from the lens of an Iranian immigrant known as "the father of the cable modem," The Accidental Network delivers you-are-there reportage around an unexpected confluence of moment, human will and technological change that led to a revolution in how the world connects, communicates and collaborates"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- American dream
- Wired nation
- Vision quest
- It's a deal
- The missing link
- When doves fly
- Death star
- Puppy love
- Screen wars
- Rose gardening
- Wicked fast
- Father figure
- Epilogue. A new alphabet.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781959000600
- 1959000608
- OCLC:
- 1515160075
- Publisher Number:
- 90102449115
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