Overview
Planet Broadband is a breakthrough book that goes beyond jargon-laden technical manuals to describe not just what broadband is but why broadband matters to everyday people. Learn how broadband connectivity can help solve some of the vexing environmental and social problems confronting us today, while improving our lives.Synopsis
Yassini (founder of the first residential cable modem company) surveys the history and current state of broadband technology and touts it as a world transformative phenomenon. He argues that broadband will improve productivity and bring about earlier promises that the information age will lead to a healthier environment. He also paints a picture of content provision that will satisfy consumers' wishes for easily accessible information and corporations' wishes for profit. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Soundview Executive Book Summaries
In Planet Broadband, broadband visionary Rouzbeh Yassini explains why broadband is the fastest-growing consumer media product since the VCR while providing background on its emergence and growth. Yassini describes how broadband connectivity can help solve many of today's most difficult environmental and social problems. While professing the advantages of broadband's expansion beyond the 40 million households that are already connected, Yassini explains how it can save massive amounts of energy and improve our daily lives. Copyright © 2006 Soundview Executive Book Summaries