Paying for the privilege.

Broadcasting & Cable, March, 1999 by McConnell, Bill

Cable's control over broadband connections means a high price for high speed Despite their efforts to stay out of the fray, broadcasters are likely to get dragged into the cable industry's fight over the broadband Internet pipeline. Network programmers and local stations, along with other content providers that are trying to reach audiences through the Web, will need the super-fast access to consumers' households that broadband connections provide.

But so far, the cable industry's wired network, more than 50 times faster than conventional telephone dialing, is the only "pipe" big enough and sufficiently widespread to bring broadband connections to homes across the country. Broadcasters, however, are beginning to worry that cable will ultimately...

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