Essays Tagged: "cable modems"

ISDN vs. Cable modems

o existing residentialcommunications infrastructure: Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN),and cable television networks upgraded to pass bi-directional digital traffic(Cable Modems). It analyzes ... nhancement to deliverInternet access to residential users. It validates the hypothesis that upgradedcable networks can deliver residential Internet access more cost-effectively,while offering a broade ...

(11 pages) 217 0 4.7 Aug/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Mechanism Report on Cable and DSL Modems.

SUBJECT: Mechanism ReportWORDS: 663Cable and DSL ModemsSince the creation of the Internet, home users have always craved power. The onl ... craved power. The only thing available was ISDN and the traditional 56k modem. With the release of cable modems and the discovery of DSL technology, the Internet can be navigated at blazing speeds.Ca ... the discovery of DSL technology, the Internet can be navigated at blazing speeds.Cable Modem: TYPESCable modems were introduced in 1995. There are three types of them, external, internal and interact ...

(3 pages) 79 1 4.3 May/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

What is the difference between the Internet, intranets, and extranets?

rnet is actually millions of computers connected together in some way (phone lines, Ethernet, ISDN, cable modems) so that they can share information. The Internet is really one big network of computer ...

(2 pages) 149 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Digital Television in India

disk), record TV shows on disk-based PVRs (personal video recorders), connect to the internet using cable modems, and get hundreds of channels of satellite-delivered TV on an 18" dish. Something you m ... ATTC) as a private, nonprofit organization to test new DTV technologies. Also that year, a group of cable television system operators established Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (CableLabs) to wor ...

(11 pages) 66 0 4.1 Aug/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Comparison of Cable modems to DSL

et technologies have emerged over the past several years for switched data communications services. Cable Modems operate over two-way hybrid fiber/coax and provide user rates as high as 10 Mbps. The a ... place today and to be sold over the next ten years. The speeds also depend on your ISP, for example Cablevision offers up to 10 Mbps downloading, where Time Warner's road runner cable service is only ...

(5 pages) 63 0 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

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Cable Modems vs. Digital Subscriber Lines Bob Fager Econ 235ഊThe Internet has grabbed on to th ... ovided by many telephone companies, large on-line services and may soon be available from you local cable company.Computer users are an impatient group. They are starving for a faster way of connectin ... idth to upstream (user to network) and downstream (network to user) data transmission.Concurrently, cable television providers are working on technologies to allow them to connect computers to their n ...

(8 pages) 10 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Cable vs. v.90 modems

Cable Modems Cable modems emerged in consumer markets as an alternative to ISDN and regular modems o ... e charge is only $35-$55 a month. But the whole thing has been overhyped in my opinion, none of the cable companies mention that the subscribers share the bandwidth plus most cable modems use 10BaseT ... onnect to the PC or Mac which automatically limits the connection to 10 Mbps. Another limitation of cable modems is that ISP's are connected to the internet back-bone using T1 lines which puts an abso ...

(5 pages) 1499 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Wi-Fi

e Wi-Fi because a single base station?a box with a wired connection to the Internet, such as a DSL, cable, or T1 line?can broadcast to multiple users across distances as great as 100 meters indoors an ... ?s expected to eventually bring WiMax receivers into the $50 to $100 price range of today?s DSL and cable modems, meaning that millions of users could eventually drop their current Internet service pr ...

(2 pages) 44 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

The Promise of Truly Advanced Broadband

vity faster than that of dial-up modems, typically data rates of 300–1,000 kilobits per second for cable modems and phone-company provided digital subscriber lines (DSL). The Internet2 community is l ... lobal ocean observatories.[10 ]NEPTUNE’s 3,000-kilometer network of seafloor fiber-optic and power cables will encircle and cross the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate in the northeast Pacific Ocean. A ser ...

(13 pages) 13 0 5.0 Jul/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology