Charter 1999 Annual Report Download - page 6

4CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS
BROADBAND: THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND A WHOLE NEW WORLD
Imagine watching your favorite TV program, while at the
same time getting updates of your stocks through the
Internet on your TV screen. A phone call comes in, and
the caller ID appears on your TV screen. You pause the
program and answer the call through your remote control.
You then pick up watching TV where you left off — even
though the program is currently being broadcast live. You
can also access and play just about any movie anytime you
want, play games over the Internet, listen to music, check
e-mail — all through your TV, all with a simple remote
control, and all while another family member is doing the
same on another TV or PC in another room. Broadband
makes all of this — and much more — possible.
How? It begins with digital technology. As more and
more video and audio information takes digital form,
technologies are converging. All kinds of digital informa-
tion — for TVs, VCRs, CD players, PCs, telephones and
electronic games — can be carried on the same communi-
cations network. The capacity of a network to carry digital
information is measured in bandwidth. Broadband is
capable of delivering multiple high-capacity services
simultaneously. The result is not just more of the same,
but a whole new world.
STEPHEN E. SILVA
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT—
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
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“Our cable network offers a state-of-the-art platform for the
delivery of broadband services, and we’re aggressively rolling
out those services to provide customers with a richer experience.
Our goal is to raise consumers’ expectations, so that they’ll
look to Charter for the latest in broadband services.”
WHAT
IS BROADBAND?