Doherty, 42, formed Urban Media a year ago with two fellow founders of At-Home, a leading cable-modem service.
The idea is to have base stations everywhere beaming Net connections at 2.4 megabits per second--faster than top cable modem speeds--so that people can be connected no matter if they are in the street, in a car or at a restaurant.
Yes, there was more on display, but we've decided to spare you the sight of every walkie-talkie, cable modem, set-top box and cellphone in Moto's lineup.
She says speeds are comparable with those of her outage-prone Comcast cable modem, and faster than the DSL hookup at her job.
From my simple home connection consisting of a Comcast cable modem and wi-fi I can watch anything on Hulu.com without those annoying mid-streams pauses.
Ideally, that machine would have no network connection (as it would be a prime break-in target), and be reported to via null-modem serial cable only.
Compaq also announced its new Triple Play broadband Internet access program, which offers customers a choice of three high-speed Net access options: cable modem, DSL, and satellite.
Whether it's phone wire used for dial-up and digital subscriber lines (DSL), or the coaxial cables that carry cable modem connections, these connections are a bottleneck between the carrier's big pipes and your bandwidth-starved computer.
Many of the set-top boxes supplied by NTL have a cable modem inside that could do the same job.
With 55 percent of all U.S. households beholden to a single, fixed-line provider of broadband access (mostly cable modem service), the Commission should consider how each of its rules affects broadband investment.
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The new 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router (TL-WR700N) can be used to create an instant Wi-Fi hotspot by plugging in an Ethernet cable from your existing network or modem.
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All users within a couple of hundred feet of the base station who have an inexpensive Wi-Fi device in their PCs or PDAs can then share low-cost, high-speed access to the Internet--without having to pay individually for more expensive dedicated DSL or cable modem service.
Despite its vast geography, sparsely populated mid-section and entirely taxpayer-free communications spending, the U.S. ranks first in the world in cable modem coverage and remains competitive on every other broadband measure.
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The NETGEAR D6300 WiFi Modem Router also includes a separate gigabit Ethernet WAN port for connecting to either high-speed cable or fiber optic broadband.
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