Cringley On Bandwidth-Expanding Modulation Technology

jtappan writes: "Robert X Cringely has an article describing a new modulation technology that will allegedly allow cable modems to run 10 times as fast, and which will eventually allow existing cable networks to carry 500 HDTV channels."

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What a fucking shill

[SumDeusExMachina]

This "article" by Cringley looks like marketing copy from this Rainmaker Technologies company. Just to quote some particularly glaring examples:

Rainmaker's is a compelling argument for cable operators who can see their infrastructure lasting years longer than they ever hoped. Suddenly, the fight over whether and how to carry HDTV is over at the same time that wavelet modulation enables new services at both the top and bottom of the digital food chain. Ten gigabits-per-second would make possible practical videoconferencing with high quality video at the same time that wavelet modulation's lower power requirements would support lifeline voice-over-IP telephone service even after the power goes out.

Really, does this guy have any shame? And what's all this about astroturfing for M$'s .NET initiative? It really isn't all that great, dude. You're just a marketing dupe.

Re:Calculus

[Com2Kid]

Bah;

Your graphlink port will soon be obsolete.

Woh, imagine the connection your TI calculator could soon have to it!

The TI-92r++, with Cisco Enchanced Technology!(tm).

Heh. With TI's constant . . . desire. . . to keep on adding more and more features to their calculators, their next batch might very well do routing. :)

(I'd be happy with just a switch myself though. Either way you just know that the TI ASM geeks are going to write a firewall for it. :) )