An Overview of Emerging Communications Technologies and their Impact on Fairfax County Telephone, Cable TV, and Internet Subscribers

There are so many new technologies that are being created for our personal use that it can be difficult to decide which one is right for us. They can be complicated and intimidating, and it’s difficult to know where to start.

The Department of Cable Communications and Consumer Protection, along with the Consumer Protection Commission, would like to help you understand these new offerings so that you can make informed choices for your telephone, television and Internet services.

Along with the television program, Connecting Your Home, and its companion brochure; we hope that this website will give you the knowledge you’ll need to make informed choices about the changing landscape of home telecommunications in Fairfax County.

You can find the following information:

An Overview of Emerging Communications Technologies

What’s in Your Home

What Connects Your Home

Telephone Technologies

Television/Video Technologies - Advantages and Disadvantages

Internet Technologies - Advantages and Disadvantages

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