It is connected to a radio modem delivering a signal at 5.8 GHz.
It connects via a FireWire port, giving it faster transfer rates to the computer than with traditional USB cameras (although some USB 2.0 Webcams are shipping) We tested the product on the 17-inch screen of a PowerBook G4 and 12-inch PowerBook G4 notebook connected to a router and cable modem delivering 768K bit/sec downstream and 128K bit/sec upstream.
Data will then be delivered at up to 6 megabits a second, faster than what cable modems deliver, Hughes promises.
More efficient and 40percentthehe size of conventional modems, i500 delivers four times the processing capability of its predecessor.
At Home, which is controlled by the AT&T Corporation, is the nation's leading provider of cable modem service, which delivers high-speed Internet access using cable television lines.
Snap!, a small search engine in which NBC, a television broadcaster, has a stake, recently announced a site devoted to high-speed users, which would offer video content of the sort that standard modems cannot deliver.
@Home, which is based in Redwood City, Calif., uses its own private network (called unsurprisingly @Network) and cable modems to deliver ultra high speed web access.
If you hope to enjoy the speed and convenience of a cable modem or D.S.L. box, which delivers the Internet to you dozens of times faster than a dial-up modem, the second essential is an Ethernet card, which they plug into.
The U6715 platform comes with an HSPA modem capable of delivering downlink speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps, and the company also boasts about its power efficiency.
"We're always interested in the most cutting-edge work," Fister tells Beceem's managing director Rajat Gupta, while admiring the upstart's first coup: a modem that can deliver Internet data to a laptop at 15 million bits per second even in a car moving up to 60mph.
