Cable players link up on home networking. (Case Study Home Gateways).(Earthlink, Linksys Group)(Brief Article)

Multichannel News, February, 2002 by Brown, Karen

Up to now, home networking has been a service found mostly in the homes of technology geeks. But at least two recent signs indicate the technology has made its way into the broadband mainstream -- and into cable operators' new-service rollout plans. First, broadband-savvy Internet-service provider EarthLink Inc.

is readying a home-networking offering for cable-modem customers in 21 Time Warner Cable systems by the end of this quarter. The service, which uses a gateway provided by networking partner 2Wire Inc., was rolled out to the ISP's digital subscriber line customers last year. "Home networking is one of the more strategic products and services that we are offering in conjunction with our high-speed [product]," said EarthLink vice president of...

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