Ops see home-net promise.(Broadband Week)(using cable modems to network multiple PCs is a staple in cable firms' high-speed data packages)

Multichannel News, December, 2003 by Stump, Matt

ANAHEIM, CALIF. -- The ability to use a cable modem to network multiple PCs has rapidly become a staple offering in MSOs' high-speed data packages. At the same time, the deployment of digital video recorders has caused cable engineers to think about home networking from a video perspective.

"Home networking has been deployed in all classic [pre-AT&T Broadband acquisition] markets," said Comcast Cable director of engineering Mark Francisco during a panel session at this month's Western Show. The MSO charges data subscribers an extra $10 per month for home-networking service, using products from Linksys Group Inc. and Netgear Inc. A Comcast video subscriber with high-speed home networking pays $52.95 a month. Comcast deployed a...

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