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Cable Modems vs. Digital Subscriber Lines
Bob Fager
Econ 235ഊThe Internet has grabbed on to the world and it isn't
letting go. Nearly 36 million U.S. homes currently have PCs
and everyone is dying to jump on the information
superhighway. The Internet, which started as a group of
government agencies and universities, has grown to include
almost anyone, from home users to large companies and
everyone in between. It makes sense then that providing
Internet service is big business. The service which used to
be dominated by groups of nerdy computer whizzes using
equipment in someone's basement is now being provided by
many telephone companies, large on-line services and may
soon be available from you local cable company.
Computer users are an impatient group. They are
starving for a faster way of connecting to the ‘net. Until
now home users have had to suffer with the slow connections
available with analog modems or spend a relatively large
amount on having a......

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