The purpose of this HEXUS.help guide is to delineate the differences in broadband Internet connections and to explain the hardware required in each case. On the surface we're asking a relatively ...

Over one million people now get broadband via cable, as NTL and Telewest continue to keep pace with BT in the high-speed Internet stakes. Figures released by the UK's two cable companies on Wednesday ...

Most people use cable TV or digital subscriber line (DSL) for high-speed Internet access at home. In fact, 50% of all broadband customers use cable, 42% use DSL, and 8% use fiber-optic cable, ...

Telecom companies, startups, and others have been promising high-speed broadband Internet connections to our PCs for several years, yet only a fraction of homes and small businesses actually have that ...

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Comcast broadband subscriber Ron Beman said he couldn't care less about Comcast's plan to double Internet download speeds for customers at no extra charge. It remains to be seen if consumers care ...

A device that connects multiple computers to a cable or DSL line for Internet access. Also called a "residential gateway," "modem/router," "modem gateway," "home gateway" and "Internet gateway." The ...

Adoption of ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line) high speed Internet services outpaced cable modem deployment in the U.S. during the second half of 2002, thanks to increased broadband ...

ADSL has overtaken cable as the most widely used broadband technology in the UK, according to new figures -- which show that Britain's broadband boom is alive and well. In its latest Internet and ...