A cable modem is a type of network bridge that provides bi-directional data communication via radio frequency channels on a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC)...
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A cable modem termination system (CMTS, also called a CMTS Edge Router) is a piece of equipment, typically located in a cable company's headend or hubsite...
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Null modem is a communication method to directly connect two DTEs (computer, terminal, printer, etc.) using an RS-232 serial cable. The name stems from...
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Uncapping (redirect from Modem uncapping)
Uncapping, in the context of cable modems, refers to a number of activities performed to alter an Internet service provider's modem settings. It is sometimes...
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of computer modems for use over both switched and leased telephone lines. Later developments would produce modems that operated over cable television lines...
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DOCSIS (redirect from DOCSIS cable modem)
DOCSIS 1.0 included functional elements from preceding proprietary cable modems. DOCSIS 1.1 Released in April 1999, DOCSIS 1.1 standardized quality of...
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Cable Haunt is the code name assigned to represent two separate vulnerabilities that affect many of the cable modems in use around the world in 2020. These...
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cable modem SURFboard SB6220 cable modem MB7220 cable modem MB7420 cable modem SURFboard SBV5121 voice cable modem SURFboard SBV5122 voice cable modem SBG900...
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Residential gateway (redirect from Cable/DSL gateway)
Multiple devices have been described as residential gateways: Cable modem DSL modem FTTx modem IP-DECT telephone (base station) Network switch Smart home...
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Broadband cable Internet access requires a cable modem at the customer's premises and a cable modem termination system (CMTS) at a cable operator facility...
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Zenith Cable Modem was one of the first proprietary cable modems. The two basic models are one operating at 500 kilobits per second (Kbit/s), and the...
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Rouzbeh Yassini (category Cable television in the United States)
the cable modem, establishing the cable modem industry standards (DOCSIS) through Cable Television Laboratories (CableLabs), the Society of Cable Telecommunications...
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Home wiring (section Cable modem)
delivered using telephone cabling. An ADSL modem needs a filter to segregate voice handsets from the ADSL modem. Cable modems are typically installed in...
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Optimum (brand) (redirect from IO Digital Cable Service)
utilizes a telephony-capable cable modem to provide the service, either alone or combined into a household's main cable modem box. Optimum provides small...
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Xfinity (redirect from Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc.)
$15.00/month to rent a cable modem. This fee has been seen by some as unfair, but is waived for customers who buy their own modems. Comcast charges $20...
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Multichannel multipoint distribution service (redirect from Wireless cable)
(LMDS) and BRS have adapted the DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) from the cable modem world. The version of DOCSIS modified for wireless...
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MediaOne (section Expansion into cable)
high-speed cable modem internet service named Hiway1 (Highway One). Hiway1 was an early provider of the cable modem technology. Most early-period modems for...
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litigation. Shortly after the purchase, Google sold Motorola Mobility's cable modem and set-top box business to Arris Group, and products increasingly focused...
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connection instead of using telephone or cable television lines. A mobile Internet user can connect using a wireless modem to a wireless Internet Service Provider...
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Internet access (section Cable Internet access)
cable may connect a node to a customer's location at a connection known as a cable drop. Using a cable modem termination system, all nodes for cable subscribers...
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calling. In many cases, digital cable telephone service is separate from cable modem service being offered by many cable companies and does not rely on...
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Com21 (category Modems)
pioneer in developing cable modem networks in the era before the standard DOCSIS was introduced for Internet access via cable television networks. The...
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unit (ODU) antenna (paired with the NTD) Satellite NTD HFC Cable Modem (NTD) FTTC VDSL Modem (NCD) "Pre-installing your NBN Connection Box". NBN. 2024...
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multiplexing techniques. Its cable internet (DOCSIS) counterpart is the cable modem termination system. Customer premises: DSL modem terminating the ADSL, SHDSL...
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launched the Southern Tier On-Line Community in Elmira, New York, a cable modem service later known as Road Runner High Speed Online. That year, talks...
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Hitron (section Products- Cable Broadband)
Gigabit DOCSIS 3.0 Modem | Multichannel". www.multichannel.com. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 2018-01-08. "Cable-Tec Expo: Hitron Bows D3.1 Modem | Multichannel"...
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cables have replaced them in most applications except in the consumer cable modem market for broadband Internet access. Long distance coaxial cable was...
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decision by the FCC, in which cable modem was determined to be an "information service", was in error. That was because cable modem service had already been...
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requires measures that also use up throughput. Wireless devices, BPL, and modems may produce a higher line rate or gross bit rate, due to error-correcting...
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to connect to a (usually) single WAN device such as a cable modem, DSL modem, or optical modem. A wireless router allows all three devices, mainly the...
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