RCN began offering a 5 Mbps cable modem service in San Francisco, which is up to three times faster than the competing DSL service. The company is also offering a Home Networking package that provides a firewall and access to basic parental controls. RCN can also provide PC cards and new in-home wiring if needed.
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RCN Launches 5 Mbps Cable Modem and Home Net Service in SF
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You just read about Cable. Here is what it replaced:
LMDS / MMDS served 1998–2000. What ultimately replaced it?
LMDS / MMDS fixed broadband over microwave: rooftop antennas linked to line-of-sight base stations in the 2 GHz (MMDS) or 28/31 GHz (LMDS) bands, but rain fade and line-of-sight limits capped reach. Its job passed to Cable — but the problem it solved, and the ideas it proved, live on in what replaced it. The standard rests here in the archive. One of 198 technologies here that opened a door and then held it for the next.
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