It connects to TVs, game consoles and cable boxes via Toslink cable and wires into home networks via Gigabit Ethernet or wireless connectivity can be had for those who own a Sonos Bridge.
In many countries telecoms operators have been converting some of their last-mile connections to high-speed fibre-optic links, though cable networks and telephone wires still account for most last-mile connections.
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But fortunately for the cable companies, they have the networks of wires they laid starting in the 1970s.
The coaxial cable used to carry television has the potential to carry large amounts of data, and already reaches into millions of homes, so cable operators can push new services down the wires relatively cheaply and easily.
First, there are larger cable wrappings near the remote, which reduces the strain on the wires.
Yet cable remains in a strong position, because it already controls the wires to the television set.
Cable and telephone companies can run all kinds of high-bandwidth wires to your neighborhood, but they're still constrained by old low-tech connections from their substation to your computer.
To begin with, all the companies he acquires distribute wires, cables and connectors to the telecommunications, computer, cable TV or alarm industries.
The barriers to entry are lower now, and a great many people like me are able to think about buying their cable without having to call some guy to do some stuff with some wires.
Cable companies are increasingly competing directly with the major telephone carriers, as both industries want to use their own wires to provide voice, data and TV service to homes around the country.
Sadly, there is still a fair bit of cable-noise while walking around, that is unless you opt for the "sport fit" by wrapping the wires behind your ears.
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