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Articles

April 20, 1999
Click here to read an article from PC Magazine's April 20th, 1999 issue about cablemodems vs. ADSL vs. satellite services.  Cablemodems get the Editor's Choice.
February 16, 1999
Click here to read about the Cable Broadband Forum giving approval to Toshiba and Thomson Consumer Electronics cablemodems that can talk to one another.
Click here to read about Motorola shipping 500,000 cablemodems.
Click here to read about Intel's developments concerning host-based cablemodems.
February 8, 1999
Click here to read Infobead's article about cablemodem penetration and the likely direction of AT&T's push into cable.
 
 

Information Sites

The Broadband Forum An industry trade group that advocates high speed Net access via cablemodem.
Cable Datacom News The web site is very interesting and covers a lot of topics, but it isn't very in-depth. To get more info, you have to subscribe to their newsletter.
Capitalizing on the HFC Advantage a Scientific Atlanta white paper
PowerTV, Inc. A subsidiary of Scientific Atlanta that makes an operating system some set-top boxes are using. So far, Ameritech, BellSouth, Pacific Telesis Group, Siemens, and Southen New England Telephone plan to use the software.
White papers from General Instruments

 
 

Cablemodem Manufacturers

3Com 3Com manufactures cablemodems and cablerouters.
Motorola Used by MediaOne, TCI. Market leader. Click the link to check their cablemodem specs. 
Scientific Atlanta Scientific Atlanta doesn't make cablemodems or back end equipment, but they make every connector, cable, and tap that the cable companies use. Click the link to get specifics on their product line. 
Cisco's Deal 
General Instruments Click the link to check out GI's Surfboard product. They're a big player. Click here to check General Instrument's confusing home page.
Terayon Used by Cisco. Click the link for info on their Terapro cablemodem or check their home page.
Thomson Consumer Electronics  Technically the RCA site, but Thomson owns 'em. 
NG Cable I've never heard of 'em, but darned if they don't have a line of cablemodem products, including a back end. Click the link to check them out.
Toshiba Toshiba manufactures cablemodems and cablerouters

Cablemodem Service Providers

Road Runner Owned by Time Warner
@Home An indepenent. Several cable companies own large amounts of stock in @Home. If you've got TCI cable service, your cablemodem service will probably be from @Home. A subsidiary called @Work provides data service to businesses.
MediaOne Provides service to several 'burbs in the Chicagoland area.
Comcast Click the link to check out ComcastOnline. They use @Home to provide cablemodem service. Or check Comcast's home page.

 

You got it! This is a work in progress. More info as I collect it..

Last updated Mon May 03, 1999 by Stephen Drone