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From: eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias)
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Subject: Re: experience using commercial cable TV as a MAN.
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Date: 11 Oct 89 02:42:03 GMT
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In article <9456@zodiac.ADS.COM> dglo@ads.com (Dave Glowacki) writes:
! eli@ursa-major.spdcc.COM (Steve Elias) writes:
!!	...St. Paul, Minnesota have linked their respective ethernets
!!	over their local cable systems -- the result for each is a 
!!	full speed ethernet that spans many buildings, many miles apart.
!
!St. Paul's broadband link is half-speed, but full speed links are doable
!(if you can get 'em past the politicians :-)  Unfortunately, this link
!is only used as a glorified Appletalk network link (or was when I left the
!city 8 months ago.)  In its infinite wisdom, the rest of the city is
!"networked" up over another chunk of broadband via a bunch of glorified
!terminal servers.

	the network i refer to was installed just a few months ago...
	actually, i think St. Paul is referring to it as a 'beta test'.




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