September 1996 / Cover Story

September 1996 / Cover Story

Break the Bandwidth Barrier

How They Stack Up

Building a WAN with Cable Modems

Extending a WAN with Cable Modems

Inside a Broadband Modem

The Bandits of Bandwidth

A Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial Network

HFC Frequency Allocations

Broadband by the Numbers

New high-speed modems that operate over cable TV networks and ordinary phone lines will give an unprecedented amount of affordable bandwidth to everyone.
- by Tom R. Halfhill

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