ISDN is an idea who's time has come . . . ADSL is the current rage. Furthermore, if you're not less than 18,000 feet of the telephone company's switch, you're out of luck. With throughputs rivaling ADSL, two-way satellite and wireless, a cable modem is an attractive option for the teleworker. Although many have written about the problem of sharing the service with others, this is a bit of a misnomer.
All users share Internet access.
While it's true cable modem users are aggregated closer to the teleworker than ADSL users, thus magnifying local problems, there has been little reduction in throughput during periods of peak usage on some cable modems. Unless your teleworker needs the bandwidth for moving megabyte graphics or digital video, however, it's overkill. Teleworkers who perform post-production digital video for everything from movie studios to local television stations are rapidly increasing, and their organizations are willing to foot the bill. The big show- stopper is that it's available in only a few metropolitan areas. Down the stretch Each option has its pros and cons.