THE STATE OF END-USER COMMUNICATIONS

Abstract

Communications technology is critical to the achievement of the goal of universal access to computing. This column recounts past developments in data communications and discusses the newest end-user communications systems concepts—wireless computing and fiber optics in the home—and what they might mean for users and businesses In the near future.

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Dean Gillette

DEAN GILLETTE is professor of information science emeritus at the Claremont Graduate school in Claremont CA.He was previously an executive director AT&T Bell Laboratories.