The Online World resources handbook

Gazing into the future http://home.eunet.no/~presno/bok/17.html
listserv@auvm.american.edu. Use the command Sub DEVEL L .
The American Radio Relay League (AARL) operates an Internet information
service called the ARRL Information Server. For information, send email to
info@arrl.org with the word HELP in the the text.
The WWW server for Amateur Radio will give you easy access to the Frequently
Asked Questions and more. There's another one at http://buarc.bradley.edu/.
Cable TV
Cable TV networks increasingly offer gateways into the Internet and other online
services. One possible next step is for the cable TV networks to be interconnected not
unlike the Internet itself. We'll see.
Example: Continental Cablevision Inc. (U.S.A.) lets customers plug PCs and a
special modem directly into its cable lines to link up with the Internet. The cable link
bypasses local phone hookups and provides the capability to download whole books and
other information at speeds up to 10 million bits per second.
See http://www.teleport.com/~samc/cable1.html for more about Cable TV
communications, try
The next generation dial up modem
New technologies with names like ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), VDSL
(Very High Digital Subscriber Line), and HDSL, have quietly been sneaking up from
behind. These modems can transmit data at speeds from 176 kbits/s to 52 Mbits/s,
depending on line length.
ASDL modems are connected to ordinary copper phone lines (2 wired), and will
typically enable users to receive information at 6 mbits/s and up depending on the
distance from the telephone exchange. Usually, they can only send at 176 to 640 kbits/s.
This is enough for many applications, including video on demand.
See http://www.adsl.com/ for background information, and supplement with a
quick search using Alta Vista in Chapter 10.
Satellite communications
Hughes Network Systems (USA) markets DirecPC, a small satellite dish that picks up
digital signals from the air on personal computers. Users can get news, sports, and stock
information as part of a "basic access" content package. The basic service also includes
a "Turbo Internet" application so subscribers can receive megabytes of Internet
documents at high speeds of up to 24 Mbps.
Globalstar is a wholesale provider of mobile and fixed satellite based telephony
services for voice calls, Short Messaging Service (SMS), roaming, positioning, fax, and
data communications via 48 low earth orbiting (LEO) satellites. As a wholesaler,
Globalstar sells access to its system to regional and local telecom service providers
around the world. It is due to start operations in the year 2000.
Iridium went broke, and was reborn. In 2001, they offered data communications at
a whapping 2,400 bps. Upgrade pacages promising 10 Kbps are on the horizon...
Teledesic Corp. plans a network of 840 low earth orbit (LEO) satellites covering
95 percent of the earth's surface by the year 2002. The idea is that we will have access
to information from almost anywhere. With a small bit of hardware, By 2005, Teledesic
will let you communicate at 16 Kbps duplex anywhere on the globe. With slightly bigger
equipment, up to 2 Mbps.
Bill Gates has invested heavily in Teledesic, so there might eventually be a
Microsoft involvement.
A consortium lead by Sky Station (USA) plans an international transmission system of
balloons just 21 km over earth. In the year 2000, they will offer wireless, 1.5Mbps T1
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