Cable access television

Cable television is revolutionary in its capacity to provide services to users, also offering Internet access that replaces slow, unreliable dial-up service. 

The Internet means that we have entered a world of information-access, products, and services on demand. But routine ongoing health care and health vigilance does have a further special need, however, if we are to use the Internet as the medium continuous access to high-speed constant Internet access in the home. The major first steps of this have, of course, already been achieved by high-speed Internet connections over telephone line or television cables. How many readers connect with and disconnect from the Internet, and turn computers on and off, on a daily basis ... 

The connection of two or more computers produces a computer network, or simply n network. In today s world, computer networks are all around us. We get money from an A i M. access Ihe fntertiet for information. and watch programs on digital cable television, l-acli of those e.vamples requires a eompuler network. Todav. networks sigriificamlv increase the efficiency with which information can he iransmiited and manip-ulaied Z ... 

The growth of fiber optics for commercial and residential purposes, such as cable television, assumes that local lines are effectively linked to high-capacity backbone routes. However, this connection often confronts the last mile problem, the gap between a facility or client and a Point of Presence (POP), the point at which the facilities of an inter-exchange carrier are accessible. Telecommunications and cable television companies have devoted substantial resources to overcoming this problem, and as a result, broadband access has improved gradually. Some, such as Verizon, have pioneered the development of fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) networks. 

To access electronic sources, you must be connected to the Internet this means you must select an Internet provider. This provider may be your local or long-distance phone company, your cable television, or it may be commercial services such as AOL, YAHOO, etc. (just to name a few). It goes without saying that you will need a computer with a reasonably fast modem (the faster the better), a telephone line, and some software such as Microsoft Explorer or Netscape Navigator (your Internet provider usually provides this), which allows you to browse the Internet... 

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