JS> Cable modems run on radio (TV) frequency carriers, so you can
JS> push data at a huge rate: enough for live video, for example.
JS> ;<)
CS> I see. That's what they're talking about when they talk
CS> about Internetting via the cable-TV systems, right?
AZ> That's right... cable companies in Canada are actively upgrading
AZ> their systems to allow this; US companies are taking longer--
AZ> partly because there are more of them, with smaller markets. I
AZ> don't know what the situation is in Europe.
As I just wrote to Jerry, we will have this available on January 1st, 1998. 
Then the television monopoly runs out, thus allowing this way of data 
communitation.
AZ> I'm currently using a cable modem, rented from my cable TV
AZ> company... because they are still testing the system as they
AZ> expand it, they've limited the modems to a mere 500,000 bps,
AZ> instead of their theoretical 10 Mbps speed... still, I was able to
AZ> download Microsoft's NT Service Pack 3 (over 15 megs) in 7
AZ> minutes.
7 minutes??? If I was to get it from a web site or a BBS with my previous 
modem, which was a 14k4 one, it would have taken me hours to get it!
It was faster (and cheaper) to take the bus to Bergen (nearest big city), 
visit a friend of mine who runs a bbs, copy it onto my harddisk, have a cup 
of coffee with him, and then take the bus back home. (Which I did, except for 
the coffee.)
------ christer 
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