28 Jul 97 00:00, Alan Zisman wrote ...
> I'm currently using a cable modem, rented from my cable TV
> company... because they are still testing the system as they
> expand it, they've limited the modems to a mere 500,000 bps,
> instead of their theoretical 10 Mbps speed... still, I was
> able to download Microsoft's NT Service Pack 3 (over 15
> megs) in 7 minutes.
Drool!!
Do you have to run a normal modem at the same time to send info back to the
net? (i.e. is the cable-modem only 'one-way' like satellite feeds?)
::: Eric Vice - http://www3.sympatico.ca/ericv
::: One good turn gets most of the blanket on a cold night.
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