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While companies such as Intel, General Instruments, and Zenith Electronics have been rushing to perfect “cable modems” for use on the Internet, Hughes Network Systems of Germantown, Maryland, has been offering a satellite data transfer service since April 1995. The cable modems will enable data to...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 336; pp. 77 - 79
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited July 22 1995
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
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