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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: broadband clarification
> I'm sure that none of you really think that a cable modem > is a modem Correct, we know it is > since it doesn't do AD/DA conversion but we all understand > that it's simply a device used to connect a customer to a provider. No, it's a device that converts your data into an analogue signal (modem) suitable for carriage on broadband plant (cable) > After all "cable modem" is nothing more than a marketing term so that > customers have a rough understanding of what the device does (not that > they always understand that either). No it's an actual device that performs the function correctly denoted by it's name. Broadband is the marketing term. > The question then remains: What (in your opinion) constitutes broadband > according to the services that have been promised to consumers but not > yet delivered? The rates obtained from current day broadband systems (e.g. cable modems & *dsl) are normally what is being referred to by the contraction "broadband" brandon
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