Information Delivery/Transport and E-Commerce Application
Information Delivery/Transport and
E-Commerce Application
Transport provides are principally telecommunications, cable and wireless industries; computer network including commercial networks such as CompuServe or America Online and public networks such as the Internet. The transport system does not function as a monolithic system, in the sense that there is no single Interstate 80 that connects the digital equivalent of New York’s George Washington Bridge to San Francisco’s Bay Bridge. Instead, the architecture is a mix of many forms of high-speed network transport whether it be land-based telephone, air-based wireless, modem-based PCs or satellite transmissions. Literally, the transport routes for e-commerce applications are boundless. The distribution of information has become a competitive market with a combination of offense and defense. Playing on the defense are telephone companies and cable television companies, providers that have enjoyed monopoly positions for decades. Now, however, their enormous investments in wiring and equipment have become vulnerable to new competition.
Transport Routes
Information Transport Providers Information Delivery Methods
Telecommunication companies Long-distance telephone lines; local telephone lines.
Cable television companies Cable TV coaxial, fiber optic and satellite lines.
Computer-based on-line servers Internet; commercial on-line Service providers.
Wireless communications Cellular and radio networks;
E-Commerce Application
Transport provides are principally telecommunications, cable and wireless industries; computer network including commercial networks such as CompuServe or America Online and public networks such as the Internet. The transport system does not function as a monolithic system, in the sense that there is no single Interstate 80 that connects the digital equivalent of New York’s George Washington Bridge to San Francisco’s Bay Bridge. Instead, the architecture is a mix of many forms of high-speed network transport whether it be land-based telephone, air-based wireless, modem-based PCs or satellite transmissions. Literally, the transport routes for e-commerce applications are boundless. The distribution of information has become a competitive market with a combination of offense and defense. Playing on the defense are telephone companies and cable television companies, providers that have enjoyed monopoly positions for decades. Now, however, their enormous investments in wiring and equipment have become vulnerable to new competition.
Transport Routes
Information Transport Providers Information Delivery Methods
Telecommunication companies Long-distance telephone lines; local telephone lines.
Cable television companies Cable TV coaxial, fiber optic and satellite lines.
Computer-based on-line servers Internet; commercial on-line Service providers.
Wireless communications Cellular and radio networks;