Henry Samueli Quotes
You would rather pay $50 a month for a cable modem than a free voiceband modem because of the attractiveness of that broadband connection.
Samueli, Henry. "Oral History of Henry Samueli." Interview by David Laws. Computer History Museum, 23 Sept. 2011.
Korea, Finland and other nations which have faster Internet speeds at much less cost are those countries where there are many Internet Service Providers competing. In America there were generally three—the telephone company, the Cable TV, company and a wireless service. In Finland however, there are 15 who compete using the same lines to the home. They all made money, but a much lower profit percentage than in America.
Henry Samueli is an American businessman, engineer, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of Broadcom Corporation, owner of the National Hockey League's Anaheim Ducks, and a prominent philanthropist in the Orange County, California community. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Broadcom Inc. He is also a Professor (on leave of absence) in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UCLA, and a Distinguished Adjunct Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at UC Irvine. He holds honorary doctorate degrees from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan.