Re: Infinite Bandwidth Fantasies (was:Re: I don't need HDTV!

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From: Curt Sampson
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 1990 09:00

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> myers@hpfcdj.HP.COM writes:
> 
> Optical fiber systems potentially could alleviate these problems, but they're
> not really practical yet, either.

Really?  Better tell that to Rogers Cable.  The main distribution lines in
Vancouver are almost all fibre-optic now.  (They did most of the installation
last winter.)  We don't have it into homes yet, but I would guess that that's
just a matter of replacing the neighbourhood feed from the trunk line.
  Of course, Canada has always been a few years ahead of the States in cable
communications technology.  <Grin.>
        -cjs    ( Curt_Sampson@mindlink.UUCP )

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Subject: Re: Infinite Bandwidth Fantasies (was:Re: I don't need HDTV!
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