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  • The rack space I rented had a 10-megabit and later a 20-megabit dedicated circuit at $4000 a month along with one T1 line back to my office and a backup cable-modem circuit.

    Wolfram Blog : 100,000 Posts to MathGroup 2009

  • Even Clear's limited reach today, however, spans hundreds of thousands of potential customers who, thanks to Verizon halting its expansion of Fios service into new jurisdictions, can only choose between Verizon's DSL and cable-modem service from the local monopoly (usually Comcast or Cox, though RCN offers competitive services in a few areas).

    Clear launches WiMax Internet service in D.C. 2010

  • When veteran tech reporter and early iPhone adopter Glenn Fleishman -- one of the few people to blow past Comcast's 250-gigabyte monthly cable-modem limit -- checked his own usage earlier this year, he was surprised to find that he'd only been averaging 270 megabytes a month.

    Assessing AT&T's new data plans: cheaper but limited--and, finally, with iPhone tethering 2010

  • Even Clear's limited reach today, however, spans hundreds of thousands of potential customers who, thanks to Verizon halting its expansion of Fios service into new jurisdictions, can only choose between Verizon's DSL and cable-modem service from the local monopoly (usually Comcast or Cox, though RCN offers competitive services in a few areas).

    Clear launches WiMax Internet service in D.C. 2010

  • When my stepkids were in HS, they each had a networked computer at home with cable-modem internet.

    Unplug Education. No Computers In Schools. - Dan_McLaughlin’s blog - RedState 2010

  • When veteran tech reporter and early iPhone adopter Glenn Fleishman -- one of the few people to blow past Comcast's 250-gigabyte monthly cable-modem limit -- checked his own usage earlier this year, he was surprised to find that he'd only been averaging 270 megabytes a month.

    Assessing AT&T's new data plans: Cheaper, but limited 2010

  • Last year the site licensed DerEngel's custom cable-modem firmware, called Sigma, for a flat $150 fee.

    Ed Stoffel 2009

  • What they mostly meant was that you needed a cable connection between your XBox and your router/cable-modem.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » XBox Live check. 2009

  • Last year the site licensed DerEngel's custom cable-modem firmware, called Sigma, for a flat $150 fee.

    Ed Stoffel 2009

  • With billions of dollars of investments in technology upgrades, it is slowly going digital and broadband, offering cable-modem services that could make good on the futuristic promises of interactive TV, movies-on-demand and e-commerce.

    Cable's Quiet Mogul 2008

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