IP: Cable Modems: Less Boon Than Beast

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@warpspeed.com>

[Note:  This item comes from reader Monty Solomon.  DLH]

At 21:26 -0700 7/16/02, Monty Solomon wrote:
>From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
>Subject: Cable Modems: Less Boon Than Beast
>Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 21:26:49 -0700
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>Cable Modems: Less Boon Than Beast
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>by Andy Oram
>Jul. 2, 2002
>
>Like an infomercial on cable TV, the promise of cable modem service
>strikes one at first as a wonderful package at an impressively low
>price. But the limitations of cable modems would render them
>unattractive if alternatives were available at a reasonable cost.
>And wait--there's more. Cable modems keep us in the dark ages of
>Internet access, seriously distorting Internet usage, economics, and
>policy.
>
>Cable modems are a great advance over dial-up access, no one could
>deny that. People who experience the convenience of always-on
>connections and instantly downloaded Web pages declare, "I could
>never go back to 56K." But while we can each individually enjoy the
>pleasures of this service, we should not be blind to the social
>havoc it wreaks.
>
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