Presentation on

Information Superhighway

PRESENTERS

Kishor Mahara Khem Raj Rawal Suman Pokhrel Aditya Bhattarai Jayaram Bhattarai

Presentation topics

Introduction

Market forces influencing I-way

Components of I-way 1.Network access equipment

2.The last mile3.Global information distribution networks

Public policy issues shaping the i-way

OBJECTIVES

Clarify what I-Way is

Describe market forces influencing I-Way

Illustrate the components of I-Way

Explain public policy issues shaping I-Way

Introduction History• 1994, Al Gore introduced the term.

-"Information Superhighway (will) allow us to share information, to connect, and to communicate as a global community".

Definition• High-capacity, interactive electronic pipeline providing

integrated services.

• The Information Superhighway is very much a physical network, an infrastructure of modern high-speed links.

Contd….

Links everyone at home or office to everything else.

The Information Superhighway is a physical network, facilitating the broadband, two-way transmission of any type of digital information, within its own virtual space.

Digitization 1. Integrity of the information2. Manipulation 3. Compression4. Convergence

Is internet information superhighway?

In practicality it is identical to internet provided

-connections are broadband-they are continuously running.

Broadband -ability to stack frequencies on a single transmission medium, providing

multiple channels on the same wire.-supports 150-750 kbps in both

upstream and downstream.

Contd….

-connections to internet must be able to support two way video communication as a broadband

enough.

Internet and infrastructure-As internet develops into I-way, changes will

take place in infrastructure not in internet.

Inernet and worldwide web(www)-it is possible to use internet without www.-explosion of the www made the internet I-way.

Market forces influencing I-way.

Demands and requirements of market participants.

• Users: becoming information publishers.

• Consumers, end users, or businesses:consuming information products/services.

• ISPs: commercial, government or private.

• Value added information providers: includes third party brokers, intermediaries, originators of services who add value to services provided by others.

Contd…

Strategic alliances and I-way infrastructure:

• Large resource requirement.

• Alliance between communication, entertainment, and information sectors.

• Alliance to reduce risks, spread costs and acquire costly expertise in different area instantly.

COMPONENTS OF THE I-WAY

NETWORK ACCESS EQUIPMENT

Set-Top Boxes Computer-Based Telephony Digital Switches Routers Hubs

SET-TOP BOXES

Computer-Based Telephony

Digital Switches

Routers

Hubs

LOCAL ON-RAMPS

Wiring linking homes with backbone

Requirement of huge investment Divided into four categories Also known as “Last Mile”

CATEGORIES

Telephone-Based Infrastructure Cable TV-Based Infrastructure Wireless Infrastructure Commercial On-Line

Infrastructure

TELEPHONE-BASED INFRASTRUCTURE

Most common last mile infrastructure

Can handle millions of simultaneous calls

Lacks digital transmission

Cable TV-Based Infrastructure

Wired Cable TV

Wireless Cable TV

Wireless Infrastructure

Cellular, Microwave, and Specialized mobile radio data networks

Advantages over terrestrial networks

COMMERCIAL ON-LINE INFRASTRUCTURE

Application and Growth

The Microsoft Network

GLOBAL INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS

Long-Distance Networks

Satellite Networks

PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES SHAPING THE I-WAY

Cost Subsidies Allocation of Scare Resources Regulation Universal Access Information Policy Issues Social and Religious Barriers

REFERENCES

Andrew B. Whinston and Ravi Kalakota, ‘’Frontiers of Electronic Commerce”

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_superhighway

lbl.gov/Science/Articles/Archive/information-superhighway

THANK YOU.Queries are heartily

welcome…