Re: Cable Modems (was Re: Telewest Communications FIASCO)

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From: phil henry
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 00:00

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On Thu, 20 Feb 1997 14:01:45 GMT, rcm@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Richard Morrell)
wrote:
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> 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?

An aside: xDSL technologies can put 2-8Mb/s down copper.

However, cable modems won't be on the end of copper.

see: http://www.cablemodems.com/

        http://www.cablelabs.com/

for background info on cable modems.


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From: phil.henry@telcore.demon.co.uk (phil henry)
Subject: Re: Cable Modems (was Re: Telewest Communications FIASCO)
Date: 1997/02/20
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