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09/12/2025

Father of Cable Modem’s Untold Story in New Book

September seems to be the unofficial month for industry book releases, but when it comes to Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard’s “The Accidental Network,” it has taken years to get around to explaining how his struggling LANcity created the cable modem and transformed the internet forever.

By Amy Maclean

Found in: Stewart Schley / The Accidental Network / Broadband / book / LANcity / Yassini / cable modem

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