Cable vs. V.90 modems

Cable Modems Cable modems emerged in consumer markets as an alternative to ISDN and regular modems only a couple of years ago. Promises like speed up 30 Mbps to connect to the internet sounds very attractive given that the service charge is only $35-$55 a month. But the whole thing has been overhyped in my opinion, none of the cable companies mention that the subscribers share the bandwidth plus most cable modems use 10BaseT interface to …

…other costs involved are installation costs (equipment rental fee is usually included with monthly fee). The transmission speed of cable modem is much higher than V.90 modem. It could be not the fastest on the market (compared to the ISDN, ADSL, T1) but when considering the costs of any other alternatives I came to the conclusion that cable modem even with all limitations (discussed above) is a much better way to go than V.90 modem.