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To: MikeM54321 who wrote (2428)	12/3/1998 6:55:00 PM
From: DenverTechie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Hearye, Hearye, read all about it. Cable modems slow to a crawl in Fremont, CA. One of @Home's first implementations and supposed showcase system. Find the article here: www5.mercurycenter.com@home120298.htm This was first posted on this thread, number 2413. Then follow ups on posts 2415, 2419, 2422 (where they explain that things are semi back to normal in Fremont now). But as you can imagine, this was big news around our office. We are involved in the upgrade of the Fremont system they discuss here, and we had heard rumors that there were modem problems. Turns out they are true and have splashed across the tabloids in this case. Although this particular article appeared in the SJ Mercury News, it spread like wild fire through the broadband cable TV engineering community almost instantly. Editorial comment here: HFC done right is a wonderful thing to behold and has incredible potential. HFC done wrong can be downright ugly, worse than the worst circuit switched network has ever been. This is because of the analog RF and shared medium nature of the network. Also because cable engineers trained in traditional one-way cable networks are sometimes thrust into new territory like 2 way without knowledge or experience and told to "just get it done."