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Connecting the Clouds: The Internet in New Zealand Newman, Keith This book backgrounds the evolution of electronic communications in New Zealand from the telegraph and telephone, through to advances in computer and Internet technology. New Zealand was the first nation in Asia-Pacific to fully connect to the US-based Internet backbone but then plummeted to the bottom of the OECD scorecard for broadband, research development and technology reinvestment. Newman explains why New Zealand has had to re-regulate the telecommunications market and, looking ahead, examines what happens when telecommunications, broadcasting, entertainment and computing converge on a common platform. He has conducted over 100 interviews with visionaries, scientists, computer programmers, telecommunications experts, engineers, business leaders and politicians, including those who have played a part in the rise of the Internet and those who will drive it forward into the next wave. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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