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    Connecting Alaskans : telecommunications in Alaska from telegraph to broadband by Hudson, Heather E.

    Published 2015
    Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Alaska's first information highway -- Expansion after World War II and "the talking lady of the North" -- Early broadcasting -- Privatizing the Alaska communications system -- The beginning of the satellite era -- The NASA experiments -- From satellite experiments to commercial service -- Telephone service for every village -- Broadcasting and teleconferencing for rural Alaska -- Rural television : from RATNET to ARCS -- Deregulation and disruption -- State planning and policy -- Alaska's local telephone companies -- The phone wars -- Distance learning : from satellites to the internet -- Telemedicine in Alaska -- A new century : the growth of mobile and broadband -- Past and future connections.…”
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    Media technology and society : a history : from the telegraph to the Internet by Winston, Brian

    Published 1998
    Table of Contents: “…Communications satellites. 16. The satellite era. 17. Cable television. 18. The Internet -- Conclusion: The pile of debris -- from the Boulevard des Capucins to the Leningradsky Prospect.…”
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