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To: Ruck who wrote (13185)	2/21/1999 7:32:00 PM
From: DUCT TAPE HAIR CLUB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 122087

I was one of the first in the area to recieve a cable modem,and at first it was quite a pleasant surprise compared to 28k.But recently,like you also mentioned,there are more and more people with cable modems and it does slow it down quite a bit.Forget the 50 times speed jive..There are times when i download that it is running 20-30k. Cable may be a good bridge but definatley not the cureall.. Also security may be a problem as all users of the internet use the same pipeline so to speak

To: Ruck who wrote (13185)	2/22/1999 12:03:00 AM
From: JW Steve	Respond to of 122087

<<re: cable modem>> Just perusing the thread and noticed this. Bandwidth does not have to be an issue with cable modems. I am good friends with a guy who is implementing them. He explained to me how they can limit the bandwidth per person and also per system "hub" (I forget what it's actually called). He said that the "hubs" could sustain about 2,000 users at 300 kbps. That's blazing. He said that they will implement new hardware when they reach that number. He said other providers may pack too many users per hub and slow down the whole network and also that older hardware might not be able to be regulate speed per user. I see big upside for cable modems. He explained to me the whole interaction between the cable modems and digital TV. The cable modem takes one out of 30 "ranges" (another term I forgot) which the digital TV uses. Each "range" can hold up something like 12 channels. So digital TV will give something like 30*12 channels, versus a limitation of around 70 for regular cable. At any rate, the digital TV is really sweet & closely tied to the cable modems. Plus I've had two cable modems in two different places and they were blazing. Faster than the direct connections I've had at university (because of local bandwith congestion). jw steve