eo, 272 bridged taps, 150, 301 for voice transport, 167-168, 199 bridges (LANs), 262-263 for wireless data, 328 broadband, 22 (See also specific technologies) access to, 327 barcodes, 340-341 "great triumvirate" for, 393 Base Container-nv, 191-192 providers of, 304 Basic Rate Interface (BRI), 285-287,289 and regulation, 231, 236-237 batteries (phone network power), spectrum availability and success 157-159 of, 330 baud, 29, 282 broadband over power lines (BPL), B-Box (terminal box), 149, 150 428-429 Index broadband wireless access (BWA), 361 CD-ROM, 274-275, 278 broadcast rights, 237-239 cell relay service (CRS), 390 Brooks, John, 102 cells, 318, 385-386 bus, 16, 244, 251-252 Cellular Docket, 316 bus-based LANs, 258 Cellular Telecommunications and business management layer (TMN), 222 Internet Association (CTIA). 14 business markets, 229 cellular telephony. 311, 317-322 Butterfly Effect, 111 central offices (see COs) byte interleaving, 184-175 central processing unit (CPU), 244-246 centralized routing protocols, 106-107 Cerf, Vinton, 6, 37, 38 CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), 34-36 Cable & Wireless, 232, 431 CES (circuit emulation service), 390 cable heads, 159 chained layers (OSI model), 57, 59-61 cable modems, 15-16, 299, 309, 310 channels, 20 cable networks, 32-33, 304-309 control, 319 cable pairs, 150, 151, 155-156, 161, 162 DWDM. 419-420 cable providers, 232-233, 455, 463-464 H-Channels, 288 cable vault, 155-156, 159 MMDS, 333 cable-based access technologies, 303-310 payload channelization, 192 cable modems, 309 transport, 19-21 cable network, 304-309 choke packet, 112 DOCSIS*, 309-310 chromatic dispersion (optical fibers), CableLabs®, 309, 310 401-402 cables, 156, 423-428 CIDR (Classless Interdomain Cailliau, Robert, 34, 35 Routing), 441 call centers: Cingular, 324, 326, 335, 456 ACD in, 290 CIR (committed information rate), 376 IP-enabled, 214 circuit emulation service (CES), 390 call setup packet, 97 circuit switched networks, 94, 471-472 Camras, Marvin, 272 circuit switching, 372 CAPEX, 