Cable Internet Technologies

By: Matthew Welch

Outline

History of computers History of networking Network topologies Connection methods Cable Internet technology Open Internet Summery

History of Computers

Computers were made to crunch numbers First made was steam powered and failed First successful made to count the census The first computer that was made came from a

group of people who would eventually become IBM

History of Networking

ARPAnet was created to combat feared Soviet missiles

Univiersities started using the technologies Once all of these Local Area Networks needed

to be connected, meetings started to happen This is where the RFC comes from

Network Topologies

Connection Methods

First connection method uses phone lines in order to keep a school paper up to date

This caused the eventual birth of the 56k modem

The 56k modem is what brought the Internet into households

Connection Methods

Businesses needed faster Internet connection methods

This caused phone companies to develop T1 lines which used 24 voice channels instead of 1

Very costly as needed to be connected to a web server as well

Connection Methods

Demand for speeds in households rose Phone companies started providing DSL Cable companies started splitting their signal

for Internet and cable This is where the cable Internet connection

method was born

Cable Internet Technologies

Cable Internet are split between cable TV and Internet

Speeds of 5-30 Mbps Signal won't degrade from weather One of the most demanded form of Internet

connection today

Open Internet

Open Internet is a legal conflict being fought between netziens and the government

Net Neutrality becoming a large issue in society

FCC makes Open Internet Order FCC asking for opinions in making legislation

on Internet privacy

Summery

Once the history is understood, it is easier to understand how cable Internet came to be

Due to its advantages it is still one of the most widely used internet connection methods today

Fiber might be the future, but it is still too costly to convert