cable network

collocation in English

meaningsofcableandnetwork

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cable
noun
uk
/ˈkeɪ.bəl/us
/ˈkeɪ.bəl/
a set of wires, covered by plastic, that carries electricity, phone ...
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network
noun[C]
uk
/ˈnet.wɜːk/us
/ˈnet.wɝːk/
a large system consisting of many similar parts that are connected together to allow movement or communication between or along the parts, or between the parts and a ...
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(Definition ofcableandnetworkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It also had to lower rates to compete with the privately ownedcablenetwork, and the growth of the telephone and wireless as rival systems of communication threatened further competition.
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This then puts them in a position to damage the interests of competitors who are providing different content, through their ownership of thecablenetwork.
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Inevitably, different providers will use different systems, making the possibility of a nationalcablenetworkin the longer term more difficult to achieve.
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I wish to say a few words aboutcablenetworkcompanies because little has been said about them in this debate.
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To provide a live television feed would require the provision of acablenetworkand television sets.
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Five years are required to establish acablenetworkproperly.
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The localcablenetwork, which is the web around which the whole system works, has been increased by nearly a quarter.
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In particular, he referred to the desirability of having a national broadband fibre-opticcablenetwork.
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That is true also of thecablenetwork.
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It is in thecablenetworkand is now involved in satellite communications as well.
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Let me say at the outset that the coverage of this country with a broad bandcablenetworkis to be welcomed.
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In this way, over time, the development of a nationwide widebandcablenetworkshould be assisted.
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In the meantime, early progress towards a communicationscablenetworkwill have to be carried on the back of entertainment, of television programmes.
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If they can take over ourcablenetwork, our satellites, and anything else, they will do so.
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Thecablenetworkwill not reach every home within a reasonable time scale—if at all.
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That appears to be some projected provision for a subvention for the upkeep of thecablenetwork.
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People cannot plan broadband investment through acablenetworkor alternatively through wireless or satellite.
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Some boards have greater costs because their customers are few and far between and a largecablenetworkis expensive.
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The proposedcablenetworkis not designed as a public utility.
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The 80,000 households cannot receive broadband on thecablenetworkbecause the cable is analogue.
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