Cable_Modem_Access

Cable Modem Access Cable Internet The Internet has been around for over 40 years and despite technological advances in speed, people still complain that it’s too slow. How can people get their favorite songs or visit their favorite sites before dinner is over' This paper will discuss one option, cable internet access. Until now internet the public had to access the WWW through slow phone lines, connecting anywhere from 300 bps in the infancy of public access to 56k. But now there are several high-speed alternatives to the old phone line, one being the cable modem. Using your cable TV provider as your ISP, people can access the Internet at speeds up to 27 Mbps, but limitations with hardware limit this to about 2Mbps (www.TechTarget.com). This speed is fine for most users. It is also “always on”. Meaning you do not have to dial-up to your ISP. It is similar to a LAN connection. This hasn’t been done before mainly because when cable TV companies were being formed, the networks were only being set up to send data and not to receive it. The remedy for this was to upgrade the networks not only to be able to receive information, but to handle the cable, internet, access, one, modem, standard, using, tv, people, being, users, speed, provider, line, because, providers, connection, wwwcatvorg, user, over, must, multiple, dial-up, despite, connected, computer, coax, choice, bandwidth, area, 56k, years, www, work, within, whereas, way, via, usb, upgrade, through, though, television, systems, speeds, slow, set, service