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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:34004 comp.sys.intel:31429 comp.unix.bsd:16113 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8141 comp.unix.sys5.r4:9218 comp.unix.misc:15980 comp.os.linux.development:23329 comp.os.linux.misc:35043 comp.os.386bsd.development:3169 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5314 comp.os.misc:3790 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!caen!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news2.near.net!info-server.bbn.com!SNIT.BBN.COM!fgoldstein From: fgoldstein@bbn.com (Fred R. Goldstein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.misc Subject: Re: X on dial-in Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 17:11:38 LOCAL Organization: Bolt Beranek & Newman Inc. Lines: 24 Message-ID: <fgoldstein.157.004AA89C@bbn.com> References: <3f44s2$jqm@maverick.maverick.tad.eds.com> <D36ry6.4H3@kerberos.demon.co.uk> <D3nwo5.1MA@border.ocunix.on.ca> <3havv8$er9@park.uvsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: snith.bbn.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <3havv8$er9@park.uvsc.edu> Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu> writes: >] You can fit something like 360 DS0s in this range. New cable >] installation only put about 500 houses on a single coax cable. >The installed line amps are unidirectional. You must replace all >of them. The bulk of installed line amps are semi-bidirectional, with a small back-channel. Our (antiquated) local cable plant uses this for pay-per-view, which is controlled from the remote control. Back channels also pass decoder box serial numbers, I think, for various purposes that they don't like to talk about. Theer's a _little_ data bandwidth. >If everything were new installs, we'd all have fiber optic lines. Actually, I had to have them move the White Mountain Fiber Optic Co. truck from my driveway yesterday, in order to drive to work. I think Continental Cable was (finally) stringing new plant! (Hey, if it keeps the heat on NYNEX, it's fun to watch.) ___ Fred R. Goldstein k1io fgoldstein@bbn.com Bolt Beranek & Newman Inc., Cambridge MA USA +1 617 873 3850 Opinions are mine alone; sharing requires permission.