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A fab is a factory that takes raw silicon wafers and creates chips with them. Often, fabs are categorized by what process they use. For example, the Intel Pentium chip with MMX was produced in a fab with a 0.35 micron process. Fabrication plants cost billions of dollars to build and are outdated within years. However, they can have a decent life producing volume products after they are no longer considered high-end.
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Fabrication Plant - Lisa Hancock wrote: My local telephone company (Verizon) and cable TV company (Comcast) have been running an aggressive TV ad campaign pushing their respecting high speed data services. Verizon is pushing DSL while Comcast is pushing cable modem. Each says they're far superior (faster data and more reliable) and cheaper than the other. Any opinions on cable modems vs. DSL in today's world? [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: As long as DSL is effectively the 'property' of the established, traditional telephone companies, (that is, give up your traditional telephone service and you cannot have DSL), then a lot of subscribers are left high and dry. Telco seems to be betting that this 'all from us or nothing from us' approach will work to their benefit. In fact, it may hasten the demise of Bell even more. Take my case, which I think is sort of typical: I was spending a hundred dollars plus per month on phone and DSL from Southwestern Bell, and extra for what little long distance I use. Cable was another $50-60 per month, for a limited package of basic stuff only (60 channels). By eliminating Bell totally (I use Prairie Stream in a combined local phone and LD package) which costs $25 per month and cable internet which includes all the 'premium' cable television channels for $100 per month, I save a little money on the total bill. If Bell ever released their tight grip on DSL as a general rule, it might be different, but for those of us who are disabled and with fixed incomes from Social Security, we just cannot afford to get huge packages from Bell in order to use our computers effeciently *and* a package from cable as well. PAT]Well put, but my experience is that it depends on where you are andwhat is on offer locally. I had a cable modem for a couple years inNorthern VA, and was quite satisfied; although they kept trying toforce me to also buy their TV service, which I didn't want since I hadEchostar, which was cheaper and better quality. When I moved toSoutheastern NC I tried cable modem, but it was too unreliable, andthe cable company didn't seem to much care. I have had DSL for acouple years now, and it is rock solid, but they are playing with therates, so I plan to give cable modem another try.
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