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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />Snohomish County. Cable services are regulated by National Cable Televisions Association <br />guidelines and FCC regulations. <br />Cable television and services installations are driven directly by demand and are funded through <br />subscriber charges and hook-up fees. Comcast believes the system is well equipped to serve <br />anticipated new development and annexation by adding trunk and distribution facilities. <br />(d) Internet <br />Internet access options include, but are not limited to, cable modem, DSL, dial-up modem, and <br />wireless data offerings. <br />Cable and DSL provide broadband service which provides a high-capacity and relatively high-speed <br />connection. Broadband cable modem internet access is provided by Comcast, while DSL <br />broadband, which runs through a home's telephone line infrastructure, is provided by Century Link, <br />Frontier, and other local providers. Dial up modems have become less popular for internet access <br />as they provide relatively low connection speeds and cannot simultaneously share a telephone line <br />with a land line telephone. <br />Wireless data provided by major cellular phone carriers and specialized wireless data providers is <br />becoming increasingly popular. The growth of smartphone usage in recent years has led to an <br />expansion of wireless data availability throughout Washington State. In order to set up a wireless <br />network, a base station radio receiver/transmitter is required to serve as the hub of the network and <br />its connection point to a wired network. <br />CAPITAL FACILITIES ELEMENT 41 <br />