cable modems

Two modem technologies have emerged over the past year for switched data communications services. Cable Modems operate over two-way hybrid fiber/coax and provide user rates as high as 10 Mbps. ADSL Modems (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Lines) operate over existing copper telephone lines and provide rates as high as 9 Mbps. Both technologies address the large markets for Internet access, remote LAN access for work at home and telecommuting, and network access for the hundreds of millions …

…base; CATV passes a small fraction today, and won't pass more than 40% by 2000. Even with a tie in territories covered by both enterprises, telephone companies will achieve 70 - 80% market share over-all, in the U.S. If dial up modems can serve as an example, once central office infrastructure has been fully deployed (no more than three years), ADSL and cable modems can g! row from low millions to tens of millions very quickly. Bibliography none