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Cable Boxes with 802.11

Posted by michael on from the look-ma-no-wires dept.

foniksonik writes "'Cable providers are upping the ante in the competition for broadband subscribers. By combining cable TV, broadband service, and wireless connectivity in one set-top box, cable companies could soon offer consumers value that DSL firms won't be able to match.' 802.11a/b/g and what happens to Tivo? The most interesting part is the potential for 'network neighborhoods'." I'd suspect the cable boxes will end up using a variety of proprietary crud.

6 of 126 comments (clear)

  1. w00t! by Telastyn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, cable providers now make it even easier for the guy down the street to eat all of your bandwidth (and possibly files).

    Sorry guys, DSL's fine for me.

  2. cable box by LinuxCumShot · · Score: 4, Funny

    what about a cable box the provided good tv instead of crappy tv

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  3. Network Neighborhood, I beat them to it! by t0qer · · Score: 2, Funny

    A link to pictures of my neighborhood network complete with cat5 stapled to the fence.

    before you ask, yes I posted this before

  4. Re:All in on box? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    it will be available when some company/individual decides to make a pc for under $200 and the size of a vhs tape.

  5. Re:Mommy, what's fact checking? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny


    Sounds great. Now how do you tune in Junkyard Wars
    on the 2wire device?

    Mommy, what are apples and oranges?

  6. Re:Isn't the 802.11 spectrum supposed to be public by eric2hill · · Score: 3, Funny
    "My english feels a little off today, scuse me."

    "What i'm trying to say is..."

    "Let me put it another way."

    Man my engrish is bad today...

    All this posted by t0qer. Dude, you need to lay off the brown weed... ;-)

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