Boardwatch Magazine launched a late campaign for open access, in which it issued a letter to the Mayor of Denver and the City Council. The Association of Online Professionals also joined the last minute effort. The group s lead man, Stephen Allen, stated, the fact is that cable lines are built on public rights of way, and the money to build them is paid by consumers. The Heartland Institute released a report last month opposing open access. The company said that its services pass 1,500,000 homes.
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Volume availability is expected by the end of the year. The company found that 3Com s modems to be the performance winner followed by Toshiba, Thomson, GI and Askey. Conclusively, ZDTV found that overall performance of all the modems was slower than expected. It also noted that all of the units were equally easy to install. A ZDTV cable modem web site has been created that provides detailed information on the benchmarking along with product reviews, installation tips, optimization techniques and user comments.