What is more, high-speed cable modems are a faster and cheaper alternative.
Even high-speed cable modems and DSL lines typically run at only one-fifth the speed needed for a full-size TV picture in real time.
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The FTC is concerned the high-speed cable systems that Time Warner is rolling out across the US, covering 20% of the population, will only be available to AOL users.
Videotron is a leader in new technologies with its interactive Digital TV service and its broadband network, which supports high-speed cable Internet access, analog and digital cable television, and other services.
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After all, they laughed at him when he wanted to lay high-speed broadband cable across the ocean floor.
Singapore is the most "wired" with claims that every house on the island is connected to the Internet via high-speed broadband cable.
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Student-housing rental rates typically include furnishings, high-speed Internet, cable television and utilities.
Any agreement that gives AOL the ability to sell its high-speed service via cable lines not owned by Time Warner would be a huge victory for the struggling Internet service provider.
The biggest growth area for cable is in high-speed Internet access market, of which cable holds two-thirds (DSL has about one-third and is trending lower).
Access to private high-speed Internet networks through cable and telephone companies was pretty limited.
At a basic DSL or cable modem speed, resolution is excellent, and the viewer can pause the movie or download a different film.
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Since the speed of light through a cable is consistent, the difference is entirely in the length of its path.
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.
Never mind that technology from enterprise software companies like Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) can speed the process Cable service providers do not seem to be anxious to adopt these technologies.
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Bill Gates has a long history of making investments in cable companies with the hopes that it will secure Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people) software a significant role in the technology used for high-speed Internet access and for cable set-top boxes that deliver interactive TV.
The U.S. cable industry now has 25 million digital cable customers, 20 million high-speed Internet customers and 3 million telephone customers, according to the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA).
Cable firm NTL said in August it had 300, 000 high speed subscribers, while the UK's second cable operator, Telewest, claimed 192, 000 broadband customers in the higher band of 152 kilobits per second.
Yet the advantage lies with cable's high-speed services, which have nearly five times as many customers as do those of telephone companies.
But that is not the only reason: cable also has advantages in speed and coverage that rival technologies may never be able to match.
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.
Personal computer users will reap the benefits of the high-speed connection only if they have DSL or cable modems.
The damaged cable caused a drop in the speed of online services in Egypt and some other countries, said Egyptian news agency Mena.
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With networks of wire already running into homes all over the country, cable companies can now deliver high-speed internet access.
And as modem speeds climb, with ISDN, Cable, and ADSL becoming the new speed standards in the short years ahead, it looks like this next generation of "multiplayer gaming" will continue to soar well into the next century.
"High-speed internet is the biggest driver of growth for the cable companies right now, " says Amobi.
Time Warner Cable, the only traditional cable company in my area that offers high speed internet service at extremely high prices.
They point out that only around half of America's cable systems are modern enough to offer consumers high-speed Internet access.
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