On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 08:56:13AM -0600, Reggie Bautista wrote: > Is it possible that they have separate neighborhood nodes for the digital > cable and cable modem services, allowing them to provide more bandwidth for > each individual user? Is this what you mean by "headends?"
It is possible, but remember, coax cable, at least for the distances normally used, has at best about 1000MHz so they would need to have more than one cable running through the neighborhood, in addition to multiple headends. In this context, by headend I mean the place where the signal for the neighborhood coaxial cable originates. After the head end, it is basically passive: a bunch of splitters and possibly amplifiers, but no new signal is added to the coaxial cable after the headend. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
