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Article #12Re: Cable Modems (was Re: Telewest Communications FIASCO)
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Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 00:00
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The Nit Nurse wrote:
>
> |> something to me. I have heard that the telewest cable network is not
> completely
> |> fibre optic (i.e. parts of it are made up of copper wire). Now if
> parts of the
> |> network are made of copper, how do Telewest plan to offer faster access
> speeds than
> |> 64kbps which is the theoretical maximum throughput on a copper wire?
>
> 64K isn't the maximum for copper. We're running ATM down Cat 5 UTP copper
> which has tested to in excess of 135Mbs and is currently running continuous
> at 100Mbs. You're probably thinking of ISDN
Or, maybe, he's thinking of the ordinary PSTN line? Because that would
roughly be the limit on a PSTN line...
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