| Cable modems are electronic gadgets that | | | | telephone system, set-top box modem provides |
| operate as a gateway to the 'world wide web' | | | | return channel. |
| through the use of cable TV networks. These | | | | How it works? Well, unlike regular modems |
| devices are commonly utilized in broadband | | | | which connect your computer to the internet by |
| connection which consumes the available | | | | the use of a telephone line to hook up with |
| bandwidth in your cable television network. | | | | another modem, cable modems are different. |
| There is a lot of industry that offers internet | | | | Your computer is connected to the internet |
| connection services with the subscription of your | | | | through a modem, which translates the packets |
| cable. However, the greatest problem associated | | | | of network data and information over the cable |
| with this is the low speed internet access. This is | | | | channels, affecting a transfer of the network |
| because modems use a single cable line, | | | | information back and forth. Also, unlike the |
| therefore, it follows that the simultaneous use of | | | | regular modems which require a dial-up before |
| computers linked to the modem slows down the | | | | you can connect the internet, modems allow your |
| connection. However, modems provide a fairly | | | | computer to be connected with the internet at all |
| decent speed as compared to the regular dial-up | | | | times. This means that if you turn your |
| ones. | | | | computer on, you are automatically connected. |
| Cable modems come in three different forms. | | | | You need not manually connect thru the phone |
| There is the internal modem which is typically for | | | | line. |
| use by desktop computers. It is a form of a | | | | With a lot of modems provider in the market, |
| PCI bus card which is an add-in for your personal | | | | you can choose among a wide variety of cable |
| computers. Another type is the external | | | | modem products. Some of the companies which |
| modem. It is by and large a small box with two | | | | manufacture cable modems include Toshiba, |
| (2) cable connections, one of which is for the wall | | | | Motorola, New Media Communications, Zenith and |
| outlet, while the other is for the computer | | | | Hybrid Networks to name a few. These are |
| through a regular Ethernet card. On the other | | | | normally offered in the market at with diverse |
| hand, there is also what we call a set-top box | | | | value. |
| cable modem. Through the use of a standard | | | | |