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Connecting Alaskans: telecommunications in Alaska from telegraph to broadband

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dc.contributor.authorHudson, Heather E., author
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Alaska Press, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-21T13:56:47Z
dc.date.available2022-04-21T13:56:47Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references and index.
dc.description.tableofcontentsIntroduction -- 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.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/234751
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUniversity of Alaska Press
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dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.
dc.subject.lcshTelecommunication -- Alaska -- History
dc.titleConnecting Alaskans: telecommunications in Alaska from telegraph to broadband
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