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ISDN vs. Cable modems
Title: ISDN vs. Cable modems
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 3088 | Pages: 13.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
ISDN vs. Cable modems
1.0 Introduction
The Internet is a network of networks that interconnects computers around
the world, supporting both business and residential users. In 1994, a
multimedia Internet application known as the World Wide Web became
popular. The higher bandwidth needs of this application have highlighted
the limited Internet access speeds available to residential users. Even at 28.8
Kilobits per second (Kbps)--the fastest residential access commonly
available at the time of this writing--the transfer of graphical images can …showed first 75 words of 3088 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 3088 total…it is foreign to the cable industry.
As the concluding chapter discusses, the resulting closed market
structure for cable subscriber equipment has not been as effective as the
open market for ISDN equipment at fostering the development of
needed technology. In addition, commercial development of both cable
and ISDN Internet access has been hindered by monopoly control of
the needed infrastructure--whether manifest as high ISDN tariffs or
simple lack of interest from cable operators.
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