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To: Carolyn who wrote (5042)	6/17/1999 3:52:00 PM
From: gpphantom	Respond to of 13157

It's true - I complained about my unusually slow (cable) internet service awhile back and they said there was a lot of traffic on my line(?) Anyway, they switched me to another and now I don't recommend cable to any of my neighbors in fear they will slow me down - Just kidding.

To: Carolyn who wrote (5042)	6/17/1999 3:56:00 PM
From: Bruce Cullen	Respond to of 13157

CarolynF, This is the technological revolution and it's barely begun, our technology here in The United States will continue to make strides day after day. I see no foreseeable problems whatsoever now nor in the future. Remember they said that the Internet would break down last year due to traffic. Don't trust in everything you here trust in technology, it was continue to more than keep pace... in my opinion forever! We have some amazing minds turning over new leafs each and every day! Bruce SCG

To: Carolyn who wrote (5042)	6/17/1999 4:14:00 PM
From: Mike Fredericks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13157

Carolyn- It really depends on your cable company... a badly set up cable/internet setup is just like a badly set up ISP. A "bad" ISP could get a single T1 line from another ISP rather than multiple redundant high-speed connections directly to the backbone. Then that "bad" ISP could sell all sorts of high-bandwidth solutions. However every one of that "bad" ISP's customers will be limited by the one T1 connection. The "bad" ISP could sell multiple T1's to its clients, and they'll have blazing speed to the ISP's office, but slugggggggish from there on out. Likewise one of the problems plaguing cable/internet access is that some cable companies followed the "bad" ISP path and connected too many households through one single pipe. Bad plan. In other areas, cable companies wised up and connected fewer households per pipe, and those households are happy (source: recent PC World article. I myself do not have internet access via cable.) Your specific example, however, is dead wrong. You said: For instance, every customer in ABC apartments is watching the Super Bowl, using their different camera angles, and it slows down The multiple camera angles thing has nothing to do with internet via cable. Multiple camera angles is a multiplexed signal, in essence using multiple tv channels and the remote control just switches between them. Unless you are concerned that normal television traffic will get snarled in this cable/internet thing (which I seriously doubt could happen, the traffic should be on different networks, but never underestimate the stupidity of cable operators) there should be no problem with IATV's interactive tv. The Hyper-TV stuff could get snarled if there are bandwidth glitches on the customer's end. -Mike