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To: Eleleth who wrote (69)	7/15/1997 9:10:00 AM
From: Pluvia	of 94

Eleleth, Here is info from @Home website -- I think you are mistaken about @Home needing fiber in place to execute business plan. It is my understanding fiber will offer wider bandwidth once in place but @Home can execute plan with exisiting coax cable. Website info: Multiple Delivery Systems While two-way HFC continues to provide the best medium for broadband service, @Home Network provides multiple solutions to reach customers not serviced by two-way delivery systems. Telco-return systems deliver data via high-speed cable lines while upstream data travel over conventional phone lines. As the vast majority of traffic is downstream, the performance for telco-return users is more than 100 times faster than conventional dial-up services while the information they send, such as key strokes and mouse clicks, travel at analog speeds. In addition, telco-return provides a smooth migration path to a two-way delivery system for cable operators. @Home's MDU solution enables cable operators to extend the @Home service to large residential complexes without the added expense of providing cable modems for each apartment or unit. Similar in design to a business LAN, information from the @Home Network flows through a regional data center (RDC) to a housing complex via a two-way digital line at T1 speeds or higher depending upon traffic loads. Information is then disseminated through a central high-speed router stored at the complex. From the router information is carried to secure Ethernet 10Base-T hubs in each building. The hubs are connected to single apartments or units by Ethernet wiring and within in each apartment or unit, data ports are installed in convenient locations, such as the den/living room or bedroom, for easy personal computer hook-ups.

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