NII is digital superhighway provided to you by
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ÒOptical FiberÓ : NYNEX and Newchannels (Phone and Cable Industry)
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ÒServicesÓ: CNN, America OnLine, Prodigy, Syracuse NewsPapers, Blockbuster and indeed YOU!!
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Current NII is INTERNET and World Wide Web
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ÒEveryÓ Business Office, Every doctorÕs Office, ÒEveryÓ school desk, ÒEveryÓ home(potential patient) (approximately any home on cable) will have a two-way high speed link to the NII
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about 10 Megabits/second compared to
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about 10 Kilobits/second for a modem (14.4 kbit/sec)
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What does this factor of 1000 increase in performance do for the home?
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TV + Settop Unit(analog) becomes Computer(Interactive digital)
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Modem & home PC supporting text interfaces becomes interactive full (VHS Þ HDTV resolution) video receiving unit
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Interactive implies that you can choose what you want when you want it.
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