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Tuesday, November 2
Today's news was a special report on cable modems. It is
archived at http://www.56k.com/reports/cable.shtml.
Friday, November 5
ZDTV has completed its test
of consumer cable modems. The fastest modem in the test
was almost twice as fast as the slowest.
Mark Gimein of Salon wanted to like the Yahoo!
wireless Internet taxis in San Francisco, but
difficulties were encountered.
Following continuing losses, Packard-Bell will layoff
over 2,000 employees and cease
sales of Packard-Bell computers in the US, though the
brand will continue in Europe.
Two Swedish companies have demonstrated VDSL
(Very-high-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line) running at
speeds up to 60 megabits per second.
Forbes
reports on the spread of DSL in Europe.
Haiti's government shut
down the country's largest ISP.
A group of US ISPs allege
they are being undermined by telephone companies that also
offer Internet access.
A
new study suggests a connection between cell phone use
and memory loss.
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