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...phone lines promises to replace today's click-and-crawl Internet with point-and-zoom services that instantly paint Web pages on your PC and rapidly download video clips and sound bites. Some cable companies already promise Internet access at speeds as fast as 3 million bits per second (BPS)--50 to 100 times the rate of standard analog phone-line modems. Not to be outdone, telephone companies plan a massive rollout of high-speed digital subscriber lines...
...lucky cybernauts are already plying the online universe at warp speed thanks to cable modems, according to Jupiter Communications, a New York City research firm. That's a tiny few compared with the 27 million Americans plodding along with home-PC modems running at 28,800 to 56,000 BPS. But cable companies are pouring billions into upgrading their networks to handle data traffic over the same wire that brings you ER and championship bass fishing. Tele-Communications Inc., Cox Communications, Comcast and more than a dozen other cable companies offer a high-speed online service called @Home that...
Another way to sate this need for speed is through DSL phone service, which enables your existing phone line to carry data at rates as fast as 1.5 million BPS. That's only half the maximum of many cable services, but DSL gives you "dedicated" bandwidth. Cable systems make you share bandwidth with other subscribers in your neighborhood, and things may bog down if you all go online after dinner. As with cable, DSL lets you stay "always on" the Internet since a single digital line can handle voice and data calls simultaneously...
...nonpayment -- because I wasn't off-line enough to open the bills. My work and financial records moved to a corner of the living room as I reassigned home-office space; after all, a brand-new 386- model PC, color monitor, fast dot-matrix printer and 2400 bps modem deserved their own desk and room. Visits to local computer supermarkets became more frequent than trips to neighborhood bookstores. Relatives and friends complained about busy signals and demanded that I get home voice-mail service...
...also get a high-speed faxmodem at the Egghead Software store located at 1000 Mass. Ave. Manufactured by Intel, the company best known for its microprocessor products, these faxmodems feature 14,400 bits per second (bps) transfer rates for both data and fax transmissions and are ideal for dialing up to husc systems as well as sending out faxes directly from your (or your recipient's) computer...