Hi Paul,

Well, I can't REALLY answer your question, BUT I can say that in my home
town,the cable company(Adelphia,was Verto) claims that it has replaced all
of the lines on the poles with fiber optics,to handle data in addition to
the video. So,apparently,it doesn't all have to fit on one coax.

Sean

At 08:12 AM 9/20/99 +1000, you wrote:
>
>  Take Cable modem; does it actually have the bandwidth to handle *many*
>users, or is it just an option presently under-utilized that can be sold
>at a performance premium until they fill it at which point congestion
>sets in and performance disappears?  When that happens are there
>actually plans to re-develop it with the extra trunks, nodes and
>switches to expand?
>--
>  Cheers,
>        Paul B.
>
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