• DocumentCode
    1250351
  • Title

    Access to cable TV systems offering broadband service in the United States

  • Author

    Berresford, John W.

  • Author_Institution
    Common Carrier Bur., Fed. Commun. Comm., USA
  • Volume
    37
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    10/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    114
  • Lastpage
    116
  • Abstract
    Cable TV companies are in the lead in deploying broadband (and their own Internet service) to American homes. Should cable broadband networks be required, just as telephone networks have been for years, to offer their broadband customers “equal” or “reasonable” access to all Internet services? This article does not take sides. Rather, it lays out the basic facts and both sides´ arguments. The article sheds light on a battle that has produced, so far, mostly a lot of heat
  • Keywords
    Internet; broadband networks; cable television; Internet service; USA; United States; broadband service; cable TV companies; cable TV systems; cable broadband networks; equal access; reasonable access; Broadband communication; Cable TV; Communication cables; Companies; DSL; FCC; Intelligent networks; Internet telephony; Power generation economics; Web and internet services;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0163-6804
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/35.795600
  • Filename
    795600