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To: gnuman who wrote (42393)	12/16/1997 2:16:00 PM
From: Joey Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Gene, I would think that most (popular at least) hosts on the Web are connected to the Web directly thru digital lines, like a T-1 line, as opposed to phone lines with a bandwidth of 56K. For example, here at Boston Univ., our Web server is connected to MIT via a T-1 line. MIT acts as the gateway to the Internet for many Boston sites, and most likely will have a T-1 or T-3 line going to the Internet backbone. The bottleneck, of course, is the student's modem connection from his home to BU. Imagine if Microsoft's web site was connected to the Internet via phone switches??? joey

To: gnuman who wrote (42393)	12/16/1997 7:39:00 PM
From: Earl Risch	Respond to of 186894

Gene: I've had a cable connection for about two months www.mediaone.net. It uses a "cable modem" connected to an ethernet card. I must use my web browser. I asked Mediaone how to use software such as a TA package that accesses the internet. They say that is still a few months away. The software co. thinks they can do it, and I'm giving them a trial some time next week. Its fast unlimited access for a flat fee. If you want to give me a couple of addresses to test. I will try them out for you. Hope this answers some questions. ER