Connecting homes to the internet using cable TV
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Connecting homes to the internet using cable TV

B2中高级2026年9月15日10 min
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In 1991, a small company led by an Iranian-born engineer, Rouzbeh Yassini, created a technology which enabled millions of homes across America to access the internet for the first time. Rouzbeh and his team found a way to use the existing cable TV infrastructure that was already installed all over the country to allow data to go both to and from the home, making it possible for everyone to use the World Wide Web. He tells Guy Kilty about the challenges when they first tested the technology in a small town in Massachusetts. Witness...

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. I'm going to tell you a few things about this project. I hope you'll enjoy it. I'm going to tell you a few things about it.

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I'm going to show you how to make this new and exciting project. The entire project is about to come. This new project is about to come. taking you back to 1991 and the moment a small company led by an Iranian-born

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engineer, Ruzbeh Yassini, created technology which enabled millions of homes across America to access the internet for the first time. Ruzbeh and his team found a way to use the existing cable TV infrastructure that was already installed all over the country to allow data to go both to and from

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