The modem allows students to be able to hook up their Internet and e-mail access through their TV cable system. ESU is the only college in Kansas that offers this service. With the phone modem students were unable to have access to the phone while on the Internet. But the new cable modem allows students to watch television, use the phone and use the Internet all at the same time. Although there are many advantages there are also a few disadvantages.
Many people find it more complicated to hook up then just the regular modem.
The card then allows the modem to communicate with the modem so that the information can be transferred through to the computer. Johnson volunteered to help install all of the modems. I have had mine since the start of the second semester, and I still can't get it to work. The Bulletin Serving up all the ESU news that's fit to download since August 4, 1997. The Bulletin is the official student newspaper of Emporia State University.