Time: Tue Nov 12 07:48:55 1996
To: snetnews@alterzone.com
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: cable modems
Cc: 
Bcc: 

Are you referring specifically
to the devices now being marketed
by General Instrument?  

e.g. SURFboard

I thought I saw a fairly robust
PCI add-on card on their web
page.  Did I misunderstand?

/s/ Paul Mitchell


At 02:18 AM 11/12/96 +0000, you wrote:
>
>->  SearchNet's   snetnews   Mailing List
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>Paul Andrew Mitchell wrote:
>> 
>> ->  SearchNet's   snetnews   Mailing List
>> 
>> surf over to:
>> 
>>   http://www.gi.com
>> 
>> for the SURFboard cable modem:
>> 
>> "... way faster than the hottest
>> ISDN and T1 connections."
>> 
>> Might (could (should)) deserve a
>> wave  (or 2  (or 3    (or ...N))).
>> 
>> /s/ Paul Mitchell
>> 
>> copy:  Ninth Wave
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>> ->  Posted by: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
>The part that sux most bout cable modem is that there is no computer
>interface. It’s all proprietary, you get a remote control with a
>joystick and a button on it, or for $150US you get a tiny keyboard to
>send out email. I’ve seen this product, and until they get it linked to
>PC’s it blows.
>-- 
>Dave Simpson
>http://www.nwlink.com/~dsimpson
>- -
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>Dogs crawl under Gates, software under Windows.
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