Broadband

Magazine articles on broadband service and applications, DSL, cable modem, VoIP and video-on-demand.

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New Architect October 2002 Lincoln D. Stein	The ACLU vs. Broadband The ACLU's white paper titled "No Competition: How Monopoly Control of the Broadband Internet Threatens Free Speech," calls for regulations to force cable companies to allow competing ISPs to offer service over their wires.
Wired October 2002 Brendan I. Koerner	Sky Dayton's Long Road to Internet Nirvana Sky Dayton brought dialup access with EarthLink. Then he bet big on eCompanies. (Don't ask.) Now Boingo promises to deliver wireless broadband for the masses. Won't someone build a nationwide network for this man?
New Architect September 2002	Wireless Interference With new FCC regulations looming, could Wi-Fi be caught in the crossfire? We asked Tim Pozar, cofounder of the Bay Area Wireless User Group (BAWUG), about the legal issues surrounding 802.11.
PC World September 2002 Scott Spanbauer	Top Broadband ISPs Cable Internet costs the least, but you should choose DSL if you plan to share access among multiple PCs.
CIO August 1, 2002 Bud Bates	Provider Wars Cable and DSL broadband vendors need to shut up and start delivering.
Home Toys August 2002	SIP-based VoIP to the Rescue of Internet Telephony Session initiation protocol (SIP) is a technology that allows Voice over IP (VoIP) telephony companies to provide standard phone service to high speed internet users, as well as some advanced features.
Home Toys August 2002 Bob Hetherington	Compaq iPAQ CP-2W Connection Point and Wireless Network The CP-2W Connection point allows you to build a home network consisting of up to 4 ethernet and multiple 802.11 wireless computers all connected to a common internet port. Set-up was a snap.
PC World July 24, 2002 David Legard	Broadband Access Is Booming DSL subscribers outnumber cable modem users worldwide, but new wireless technologies may change that.
Wired August 2002 J. C. Herz	The Bandwidth Capital of the World In Seoul, the broadband age is in full swing -- online games have become a national sport, and cybercafes are the new singles bars.
Home Toys June 2002 Navin Sabharwal	Video on Demand: Coming Soon to a Home Theater Near You Despite repeated false dawns it can now be confidently said that Video on Demand (VOD) is arriving and that over the next few years it will become a significant component of the service bundle that cable operators will offer.
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