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Like a lot of modern computing technology, the modem is a product of the Cold War. The term "modem" is a portmanteau of "modulator" and "demodulator. The advantage of these devices was that they could connect terminals and computers over cheaper regular phone lines instead of expensive leased lines.
Not that phone calls back in those days were especially cheap. The earliest modems were known as " acoustic couplers. The handset sits in a cradle while the modem sends and receives data using the phone itself. They owned the wires, the service, even the phones themselves. Connecting a device directly to the phone lines was called "attaching a foreign device," and was strictly prohibited by law.
The phones were also hard-wired into the wall connector. A court case, Hush-a-Phone v. My vision has always been: We need a broadband community. What do I mean? This century is the first century where people will live to be well over years old. This year well over 25 percent of our population is over This is the population that tends to be overlooked by industry. This generation knows the power of broadband connectivity. What if an elderly population wants to stay in the same community they have?
Same city, town, people. Because now they have global access to a lot of resources. But are we giving them access in the right way to these resources and services and the sense of ownership and community that matches the enormous economic power they possess?
Planet Broadband is a living, breathing, functioning roadmap. It describes a three-phase progression. First, physical connectivity. But have we created a broadband community, where quality of life is elevated and where anybody can be a productive member of society throughout the entirety of their life?
Where we sustain our planet while creating an economy that grows fold? Where every individual is truly a global citizen? Not yet. Take an example from history. Look at where Eisenhower built the interstate highway system. A certain town, a certain county located where the highway passed by experienced a booming economy that was beyond the imagination at the time.
On the flipside, towns and cities left behind are just that: still struggling in a bygone economy. Next, look at the places like Singapore or Hong Kong, where gigabit broadband is all but considered a human right that every citizen is entitled to. Now, go back to regions like Africa or other underserved parts of the world, including the United States, where 30 million people remain unconnected, and you see we have a major challenge.
Because just like the oxygen we breathe or the water we drink, broadband connectivity is an essential component of life in my view. The point is they need to be empowered and enabled to have it should they choose. They need it to be available and affordable so that they can use it for what their family needs to do.
When we created the cable modem, we innovated based on a problem we were trying to solve. We innovated not to get rich, but to answer a question. We believed if we could get this technology deployed, and if it worked, there would be so much energy and so much innovation that by default everybody would be rewarded.
By the end of the decade, nearly 53 million households subscribed to cable, and cable program networks had increased from 28 in to 79 by Some of this growth, however, was accompanied by rising prices for consumers, incurring growing concern among policy makers.
By the end of , there were cable programming services available nationwide, in addition to many regional programming networks. By the spring of , the number of national cable video networks had grown to By that time, the average subscriber could choose from a wide selection of quality programming, with more than 57 percent of all subscribers receiving at least 54 channels, up from 47 in And at the end of the decade, approximately 7 in 10 television households, more than 65 million, had opted to subscribe to cable.
The upgrade to broadband networks enabled cable companies to introduce high-speed Internet access to customers in the mids, and competitive local telephone and digital cable services later in the decade. Enactment of the Telecommunications Act of once again dramatically altered the regulatory and public policy landscape for telecommunications services, spurring new competition and greater choice for consumers.
Almost simultaneously, Paul Allen, a founder of Microsoft, began acquiring his own stable of cable properties. A generally deregulatory environment for cable operating and programming companies enabled the cable industry to accelerate deployment of broadband services, allowing consumers in urban, suburban, and rural areas to entertain more choices in information, communications, and entertainment services.
As the new millennium got under way, cable companies began pilot testing video services that could change the way people watch television. Among these: video on demand, subscription video on demand, and interactive TV. The industry was proceeding cautiously in these arenas, because the cost of upgrading customer-premise equipment for compatibility with these services was substantial and required new business models that were both expansive and expensive.
Lower cost digital set-top boxes that started to become the norm in customer homes in the mid s proved effective in accommodating the launch of many of the new video services. In general, however, more expensive technology would still be required for cable to begin delivery of advances such as high definition television services, being slowly introduced by off-air broadcast stations as well as by cable networks such as HBO, Showtime, Discovery, and ESPN.
The study showed that roughly two of every three U. Cable ISPs are building the broadband platform of the future, with 10x faster speeds and enhanced reliability, capacity and security. Cable participates in many public-private partnerships and state and federal programs to bring broadband to unserved communities in hard-to-reach areas. ISPs are working with schools and community partners to ensure that every student can use the internet to participate in school from home and in the classroom.
Over the past few decades, TV networks have made massive investments in programming to bring award-winning shows and entertainment to audiences across the world. Thanks to cable, America saw the expansion of news and sports networks and the explosion of theater-quality television channels like HBO. Over the years, a wide diversity of TV networks has elevated more voices and provided more viewing options available to audiences.
Cable broadband providers have connected over 14 million low-income individuals through broadband adoption programs and are committed to closing the digital divide. Cable providers offer a variety of digital literacy education options in addition to low-cost programs that help families overcome barriers they may face.
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