[kwlug-disc] Cable internet providers

[Andrew Kohlsmith (mailing lists account)]

On Jun 4, 2014, at 10:29 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
> You can order a second cable internet service over the same cable,
> How can that work if two modems use the same frequencies?

That’s how cable works. It’s a shared medium. You get hundreds of channels over the same copper; cable internet is really no different. Modern modems can bond up to I think 4 internet “channels” both in the downstream and upstream direction.

It’s entirely possible to have a hundred modems on a cable TV segment. Two or three at your house is the only unusual part of it. :-)

-A.