Because I.S.D.N. demands standardization and the marriage of different communications technologies, the dependence that one customer has on one particular supplier is greatly reduced.
The nominee, Tom Wheeler, told the Senate Commerce Committee that the F.C.C.'s support of competition was especially important given Americans' heavy dependence on communications networks in education, public safety and consumer services.
But natural disasters and other crises aren't going away, even as our dependence upon instant communications grows.
Some groups that face American scrutiny took precautions long ago to try and shield themselves from electronic eavesdropping and dependence on Internet communications.
The battery lasts about six to eight months of regular use, which can be attributed to the watch's dependence on radio communications.
The President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, formed during the Clinton administration, said in a 1997 report that "our dependence on the information and communications infrastructure has created new cyber-vulnerabilities, which we are only starting to understand".
"The Republicans have a policy that makes no sense, particularly in this fiscal environment — rewarding oil companies with tax breaks while slashing funding for clean energy, which would reduce our dependence on foreign oil," said Dan Pfeiffer, Obama's communications director.
Third, a recent report on a triphasic force dependence of lifetime of E-selectin-ligand bond (personal communications) further supported that multiple stable conformations of P-selectin be expected from the experiments.
In a sign of Taiwan's dependence on high-tech manufacturing, its exports of computer and communications equipment and other electronic gear to all countries amounted to $70.66 billion of the $130.64 billion in total exports last year.
"Today, the cybereconomy is the economy," Ms. Rice said, referring to the nation's dependence on computers for vital services, including electricity, transportation, banking and communications.
