ENDNOTES

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(2)  Frances Cairncross, “The Death of Distance”, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 1997, page 97.
(3)  Eurescom, “Project P614: Implementation Strategies for Advanced Access Networks”, deliverable 8,  Elaboration of common FTTH guidelines, page 10.
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(7)  Eurescom, “Project P614: Implementation Strategies for Advanced Access Networks”, deliverable 8, Elaboration of common FTTH guidelines, page 10.
(8)  Eurescom, “Project P614: Implementation Strategies for Advanced Access Networks”, deliverable 8, Elaboration of common FTTH guidelines, pages 11-12.
(9)  Frances Cairncross, “The Death of Distance”, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 1997, page 24.
(10) Frances Cairncross, “The Death of Distance”, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 1997, page 235-236.
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(50) Matti Rantanen, “FTTH - Fiber To The Home”, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Helsinki University of Technology, October 11, 1998, page 6.
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(52) David S. Isenberg, “Canarie Sings a Lovely Song: or, Where There’s a Will, There’s Right-Of-Way”, Smart Letter #30, December 9, 1999, http://www.isen.com

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