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

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From: The Nit Nurse
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 00:00

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In article <E5wMyy.I7w.0.staffin.dcs.ed.ac.uk@dcs.ed.ac.uk>,
rcm@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Richard Morrell) wrote:

|> 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?

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

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From: dam@kerrera.dcs.gla.ac.uk (The Nit Nurse)
Subject: Re: Cable Modems (was Re: Telewest Communications FIASCO)
Date: 1997/02/20
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