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To: gnuman who wrote (42377)	12/16/1997 1:28:00 PM
From: Joey Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Gene, re:My real question for cable/internet is, "How does the cable provider access the World Wide Web?" I don't know what you mean. The cable service provider most likely has a T-3 connection to the Internet backbone (similar or AOL, etc.). What is happeneing now is that popular Web sites, like yahoo, are being replicated locally by the service provider on their own network. So, for example, if you were part of AtHome network and wanted to get to Yahoo's web site, you wouldn't actually be going to Yahoo's site, but to a local, replicated Yahoo site on AtHome's network. You will notice the performance difference. If you go to AtHome's web site, they explain this in more detail. joey

To: gnuman who wrote (42377)	12/16/1997 1:39:00 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Gene, Yes, they did say they install the modem. $99. installation, $39.xx per month. John

To: gnuman who wrote (42377)	12/16/1997 4:17:00 PM
From: Barry A. Watzman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Re: cable modems Your PC has an ethernet card to connect to the cable modem, which talks to the server at the cable company's head end. That server is DIRECTLY on the internet itself, or has very high speed lines (T-1, etc.) to another server which is directly on the Internet (depends on the size of the system). It is "true" internet; the only potential rub is that the available cable bandwidth is divided among the number of people using it at one time (in your cable "neighborhood", usually about 2,000 homes but varies). It gets slower and slower as more people use it at the same time (note, we are talking about actual USE, not simply being signed up for the service or even having your PC on). To your PC, it looks like a local lan connection to the internet, not like a dialup connection. By the way, I thought that "Road Runner" was a trademark of Time-Warner cable rather than TCI.