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To: drmorgan who wrote (2634)	8/4/1998 7:58:00 AM
From: Hiram Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Derek, VDSL is the answer to HFC,but we will see how quickly the RBOC's get FTTC. Here is a good article about cable access and ATHM. zdnet.com Plante has also not experienced any performance problems due to an increased number of users. Cable modems are connected to a head-end system, which consolidates a number of users onto a common line that eventually passes to the Internet. Because users share bandwidth on the head-end system, congestion problems could occur if too many accessed the network at the same time -- a common problem for dial-up modem users. To ease congestion, cable Internet access suppliers store frequently requested Web sites and Usenet newsgroups on a server at their head-end. Storing data locally lowers the amount of traffic that moves to the Internet and eases backbone bottlenecks. "When I first received my service, I was warned that the performance would slow once the cable company signed up customers," Plante said. "That just hasn't happened." Hiram