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>From Ryland@Sri-Kl Wed Mar 10 01:09:45 1982
    Date: Tuesday,  9 Mar 1982 13:44-PST
    From: guyton at Rand-Unix
    [ . . .]
    Liddle claims assertions of broadband cost advantages are
    "rubbish."  Although many broadband components are the same type
    of units used for CATV transmissions, and are, therefore,
    produced in quantity at low costs, the broadband transmitters are
    relatively expensive and difficult to maintain on a one-per-work-
    station basis, Liddle says.  Broadband systems also require a
    separate modem and controller for each terminal at each node,
    while Ethernet requires only one controller per node.
This is nonsense.  Ethernet also requires a modem and controller per
node.  He must have been misquoted or misunderstood.

    Broadband also suffers in comparison to baseband during the
    planning stage, Liddle says. "You need a galactic plan to
    implement a broadband network because you must ensure systgem
    balance, since a strong signal can overpower a weak one." Drop
    cables to terminals must also be of the same length.
This is also partial nonsense.  Would someone from Sytek or one of the
broadband companies please clarify?