Regulators now regulating Internet History? Really?

Mon Jun 8 14:30:20 UTC 2015

On 6/8/15, 6:56 AM, "Fletcher Kittredge" <fkittred at gwi.net<mailto:fkittred at gwi.net>> wrote:
Yes, after 2005 cable companies invested in broadband...

Without respect to the merits of the AEI article, I did want to point out that cable companies have been investing in broadband / Internet services well before 2005. They were in an R&D phase in the early 1990s and by around 1995 - 1996 there were many cable modem trial deployments underway in the U.S. Comcast and several other cable companies launched their cable Internet service in 1996 in partnership with @Home.

For some early background, see:
https://www.informit.com/library/content.aspx?b=Planet_Broadband&seqNum=17
http://www.businessweek.com/1996/42/b34971.htm
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1996-12-04/business/1996339002_1_cable-modem-cable-companies-modem-service

Regards,
Jason Livingood