In this case, one may be better suited with the resident cable carrier who offers fewer high-definition channels but a higher percentage of stations they look forward to watching.

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In creating the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Bandwidth Assessment report, input was collected from a variety of application spaces (servers, data center networks, high-performance computing, financial markets, carrier and cable operators, Internet exchanges, the scientific community, etc.) and from different geographic regions.

ENGADGET: IEEE pushes for Ethernet standard between 400Gbps and 1Tbps, hopes to head off big data crunch

Cox decided to strike out on its own after a failed attempt to offer cellphone service along with Comcast, Time Warner and other cable providers through a partnership with wireless carrier Sprint Nextel Corp.

WSJ: Cox Plans to Launch a Cellular Network

And so, there was never any worry that a carrier, whether it was a cable company or a telephone company, was helping one website, or one portal over the other.

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Comcast and other cable operators have also mulled acquiring a major wireless carrier.

WSJ: Comcast, Time Warner Cable in Wireless Talks

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.

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Without getting into the nuts and bolts of why each carrier can (and often does) offer up a different set of HD options across different markets, you can rest assured that what one cable company offers in your town is probably vastly different than what's offered by the same carrier 2, 000 miles away.

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