Modem Speed Overshadows Local Content.(cable-internet services)

Multichannel News, June, 1998 by Waltner, Charles

Cable operators are starting to get serious about local content for their cable-modem services, but whether or not their subscribers care is another matter. Most cable-modem providers are offering some kind of community information as part of their products. Some are working harder than others by hiring staff and teaming up with partners to create original content, while others are simply setting up links to the wealth of information that already exists on the Web.

The best sites of this group compare well in quality to other local-information sites on the Internet. Many of them, however, are more or less made up of plain-vanilla information with some attractive graphics, albeit specifically targeted at small towns or communities that likely appreciate the...

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