Cable Modems (was Re: Telewest Communications FIASCO)

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From: Richard Morrell
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In article <Pine.SUN.3.95.970220121654.24605B-100000@tardis.tardis.ed.ac.uk>, Alastair B Roberts <abr@tardis.ed.ac.uk> writes:
> 
> For a *telecommunications* company, who are trying to move into the
> so-called information age by introducing cable networks, internet access,
> cable-modems, etc, etc, etc, it is quite ironic that these people fail to
> understand the technology involved. If anybody should understand these
> things, it should be Telewest!

Sorry for asking a quick spoddy question on what is a rather good rant-thread, but:

Speaking of cable modems and the like, I was wondering if anyone could explain
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?

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Richard Morrell - CS Undergraduate, University of Edinburgh
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From: rcm@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Richard Morrell)
Subject: Cable Modems (was Re: Telewest Communications FIASCO)
Date: 1997/02/20
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