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To: MikeM54321 who wrote (1584)	7/19/1998 7:12:00 PM
From: Ray Jensen	Read Replies (1) of 12823

Mike, even more interesting is that for a cable operator, a monthly cable modem bill of $40 to $50 is more than they get from most of their video customers (except for those who get lots of premium channels and order lots of pay per view). Each 6 MHz of spectrum allocated by the cable system for cable modem service can support at least hundreds of customers, yet uses up less than one percent of the total cable system bandwidth. So, it sure makes sense for cable operators to set aside a tiny fraction of their bandwidth for a service where they can get a good revenue flow, and not have to pay out substantial programming fees like they do with video channels. BTW, when you have cable modem, you won't get the full 10 mbps for yourself. Cable modem is like a 10 mbps ethernet bus, shared with all the others who might be using it at the same time. Of course, not everyone is mega-downloading at the same time, but you will probably average in the 1 to 2 mbps download with most well designed cable modem services. Light years better than my 56 kbps dial up! Ray.

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