On the Marriage of Telephone and Television

After a general discussion of the desirabilities and possibilities of the realization of integrated cable networks for urban information transport in The Netherlands, a hub configuration is proposed for the so-called subscriber network and some cable types are discussed among which the twin-coax and the coax-quad appear as interesting solutions for the subscriber link. The following items are specifically dealt with: trends in urban information transport; national economy and privacy; digital transmission, ultimate bit rate; definition of the integrated network problem; design criteria for a subscriber network; twin-coax, quad-coax and the shielded symmetrical pair cable.