Types of Access Networks: Cable, FTTH, Dial-Up, and Satellite

Cable Internet

• In the case of cable Internet, the TV cable company is the ISP and it relies on the preexisting infrastructure of cable TV to grant Internet access.
• It runs on coaxial cable. Coaxial cable has enough of a frequency range to carry TV channels and a stream of upstream and downstream Internet.

How It Works

• In essence, cable Internet works very similarly to DSL.
• A device on both the user’s end and the ISP’s end modulates the analog signals to digital and vice versa.

Slower During Peak Hours

However, cable Internet can be slower during peak hours, when a ...