Beyond ISDN
Cable Modems from Cable TV Companies
- High-speed digital access offered by cable television companies
- Really DSUs but called cable modems
- 500 kbps to 10 Mbps downstream (to you)
- Downstream speed shared by block of users
- ISDN-like speeds upstream (from you)
- Typical Cable + ISP charges around $40.00
- Comcast and TCI major players
- 10 million users today and growing