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Re: Regulators now regulating Internet History? Really?


From: "Livingood, Jason" <Jason_Livingood () cable comcast com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 14:30:20 +0000

On 6/8/15, 6:56 AM, "Fletcher Kittredge" <fkittred () gwi net<mailto:fkittred () gwi net>> wrote:
Yes, after 2005 cable companies invested in broadband...

Without respect to the merits of the AEI article, I did want to point out that cable companies have been investing in 
broadband / Internet services well before 2005. They were in an R&D phase in the early 1990s and by around 1995 - 1996 
there were many cable modem trial deployments underway in the U.S. Comcast and several other cable companies launched 
their cable Internet service in 1996 in partnership with @Home.

For some early background, see:
https://www.informit.com/library/content.aspx?b=Planet_Broadband&seqNum=17
http://www.businessweek.com/1996/42/b34971.htm
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1996-12-04/business/1996339002_1_cable-modem-cable-companies-modem-service

Regards,
Jason Livingood


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