Mass Area Evacuation Viewed as Impractical, by Katherine Shaver and Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, March 13, 2003

"Regional officials planning how the Washington area would evacuate quickly in a terrorist attack say they have come to a sobering conclusion: It can't be done."

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Head for the Hills? It Won't Be Easy, By Christian Davenport Washington Post, March 16, 2003.

"If the worst happens -- a chemical, a radiological or biological strike -- and local officials order a mass evacuation, how do you get the hundreds of thousands of workers, residents and tourists out of Washington, while emergency crews are rushing to get in?"

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Virtual Travel Gives the Airlines Real Heartburn, by Jane Levere, New York Times, May 6, 2002.

"Though teleconferencing has been around for years, new technology is making it easier and cheaper than ever, meaning that it will probably continue to eat into the revenues of airlines, hotels, car rental companies and other segments of the travel industry even if all the other ordeals the industry has gone through fade away."

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New Tech Taps Solar Power To Deliver Broadband, By Mike Martin, NewsFactor Network, November 12, 2002.

The new solar technology will create "smart spaces," said UCLA computer science professor Leonard Kleinrock. "The concept of smart spaces," he told NewsFactor, "is to allow the services and capabilities of ... Internet technology to break loose from its confinement behind the screen on your computer and to appear in our physical world, namely in the walls, chairs, automobiles, desks, eyeglasses, et cetera, of our world."

"HPWREN [High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network] focuses on areas where there are real needs, but not enough of a business case -- yet -- for commercial providers to invest," Braun said. But he foresees developing interest ahead. As a case in point, he pointed out that "latecomer commercial Internet companies took over what the ARPAnet had researched, and NSFNET got to the point that it became commercially interesting."

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Fiber-optic lines on fast track - Phone giants' deal clears path for high-speed link to homes By Kevin Maney, USA TODAY, May 30, 2003.

Three regional phone giants (SBC Communications, Verizon Communications and BellSouth) have agreed on standards for fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) equipment. The rest of the industry will probably adopt the same standards, resulting in lower costs and greater availability of ultra-high speed Internet access to the home. Trials could begin as early as next year, but fiber to new homes won't become common until later this decade.

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