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World Service,18 Jul 2003,27 mins

Metcalfe's Law - And What It Can Teach Us

Global Business

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Bob Metcalfe explains how Melcalfe's Law came about and what it means. One of the first internet gurus talks about some of the rules governing the use of networks. Metcalfe's law states that the value of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of users of the system.

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