We can have dial up, or we can get DSL, or we can get cable modem, whatever.
He helped launch Time Warner's Road Runner cable modem service, the first Web site for Time Inc.
Many of the set-top boxes supplied by NTL have a cable modem inside that could do the same job.
Brand X started talking to cable companies about reselling their cable modem lines as well, but didn't get very far.
It has an Ethernet port so you can easily connect it to a cable modem or digital subscriber line (DSL).
She says speeds are comparable with those of her outage-prone Comcast cable modem, and faster than the DSL hookup at her job.
The one thing that appears to be missing is support for cable modem connections, which to date still far outnumber DSL connections.
At a basic DSL or cable modem speed, resolution is excellent, and the viewer can pause the movie or download a different film.
In a smaller loop of, say, 4, 000 feet, data can hum along at up to 6 megabits per second, nearing cable modem speeds.
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.
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.
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.
Emerging data services like VoIP, in which a user plugs a phone handset into a special cable modem to make calls, are also starting to catch on.
Comcast has a data cap of 250 GB for its cable modem customers and a number of ISPs are limiting the amount of data you can use every month.
Better yet, if you have a cable modem or digital subscriber line (DSL) service, this server will let you access your files from anywhere that you have an Internet connection.
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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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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But it may also spark renewed price competition between broadband service providers, such as phone companies like Verizon Communications pushing digital subscriber line service, and cable companies like Comcast and Time Warner offering cable modem service.
And while Microsoft currently offers digital subscriber line (DSL) Internet access in conjunction with its MSN online service, it needs a cable modem offering to drive more traffic to all of its Web properties.
The problem for broadband users is that relatively few homes have the home network needed to connect both a PC and a handful of other devices to a single cable modem or digital subscriber line.
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.
By plugging a router into a cable modem, ordinary people are stepping into a complex world, where they need to understand some highly specialized technology, according to Michael Gartenberg, VP and Research Director, Jupiter Research.
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There's a reason why the Xbox also works as a DVD player and has a hard drive and an Ethernet connection port on the back suitable for cable modem or a digital subscriber line Internet connection.
If you use a cable modem, your first choke point is much closer to you since you share a maximum amount of bandwidth with other users in your neighborhood, which is why your data rate varies.
Given the competitive implications of moving from one to two broadband providers cable modem prices have been shown to fall significantly in the face of competitive entry the right number of wireless carriers might be closer to three.
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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.
More than 85% of U.S. households have cable modem or DSL service available to them, he says, so it doesn't make sense for a utility to spend the money to deploy broadband over gas or electric in most of the country.
Perhaps hitting closer to home were the comments of Chairman Joe Barton (R-Tex.), who told Whitacre in his opening comments how he's shutting off service on a phone line coming into his house and planning to use a cable modem for Internet access.
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.
What this means is that when we are using a 4G network, our data speeds will be faster than ever before and depending on which flavor of 4G you use, the data speeds you will experience will be faster than many DSL and cable modem wired connections.
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