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Telecommunications are realizing humanity’s archetypal dream of overcoming spatial distances. More than hundred years after the telephone was invented by Friedrich Reiss, media, telecommunications and IT are merging into one another. Broadband is now taking matters to the next level.

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Holznagel, B., Picot, A., Deckers, S., Grove, N., Schramm, M. (2010). Relevance of broadband. In: Strategies for Rural Broadband. Gabler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-8692-4_3

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