Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard

Father of the Cable Modem, a Broadband Visionary, Innovator, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist.

[Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard @LANcityModem]

@IranIntl_En Shit

[Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard @LANcityModem]

@bizbookpr @Inc @WVUPRESS The evolution of creating a reliable Cable Modem and empowering the cable industry to launch its Broadband services is a true and authentic American innovation that was gifted to the world and now allows anyone anywhere to be part of internet grid & contribute to creation of AI

[Mark Fortier, Fortier Public Relations @bizbookpr]

The father of the cable modem on how he avoided disaster & created a revolutionary product. @Inc Magazine excerpts the book #TheAccidentalNetwork: How a Small Company Sparked a Global Broadband Transformation by Rouzbeh Yassini from @WVUPress https://t.co/I7lpI68v1c @LANcityModem

[Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard @LANcityModem]

@bizbookpr @BuiltIn @WVUPRESS Cable Modem vision that started in 1987 now provides connectivity for Billions around the world and that innovative story is captured in my new book “ The Accidental Network” that was just published .

[Mark Fortier, Fortier Public Relations @bizbookpr]

How We Proved the Modern Cable Internet Was Possible. @BuiltIn excerpts the new book #TheAccidentalNetwork: How a Small Company Sparked a Global #Broadband Transformation by Rouzbeh Yassini from @WVUPress
@LANcityModem https://t.co/yNkALsdyOR

[Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard @LANcityModem]

I wish Celtics analyst were more honest with all bad things Celtics are doing in each game than sugar code all the team errors with wishful words. The Celtics are very inconsistent and playing like a loser than a champion. No defense, horrible offense. #BOSvsTOR

[West Virginia University Press @WVUPRESS]

We're so pleased to announce that we've signed engineering visionary Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard, hailed as the "father of the cable modem," for "The Accidental Network," a memoir describing how he developed and brought to market one of the signature technologies behind today’s global broadband revolution.

Yassini-Fard devised a vision for transforming cable television lines to convey high-speed internet traffic not long after graduating from WVU with an electrical engineering degree in 1981. "How would our lives change," he wondered, "if everyday people had a stable, high-speed data connection to the internet?" They could work remotely, access connected healthcare (telemedicine), engage in distance learning, and be united with faraway families and friends. While Yassini-Fard wasn't the first to imagine a world of digital connectivity, he was in the vanguard of those actually making the dream a reality, through his extraordinary creative insight of utilizing the residential cable network and applying innovative digital signal processing techniques.

“The Accidental Network” is both a valuable history of technology innovation and an engrossing account of business conducted at high speed. The book details Yassini-Fard’s journey from engineer to entrepreneur in the race to secure technology partners, create a wholly new marketplace, and convince cable industry executives that there was money to be made in transmitting data to households at a time when skepticism about the eventual reach of personal computing was the norm. This is the story of how Yassini-Fard and a 20-person team from his company LANcity were willing to bet it all (including the deed for Yassini-Fard's home!) on the creation of the cable modem and the pursuit of widescale global adoption.

Look for "The Accidental Network" in Fall 2025!

@LANcitymodem @stewartschley @WVUFoundation @WestVirginiaU

[Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard @LANcityModem]

The reality behind why we still do not have all American access to Broadband after so many Billions from Government since 1990… https://t.co/DWiujoYKms

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[Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard @LANcityModem]

@gatewaypundit People of Iran stands with people of Israeli 🕯️🇮🇱💚🤍❤️ Remember we are living under this evil regime for 44 years & they have killed millions of Iranian people They are THE EVIL‼️who put in power by Carter & supported by Obama and Biden @BarackObama @SenatorShaheen @SenSchumer

[Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard @LANcityModem]

@SenatorRomney Senator, please run for office with Mrs Chaney as your VP. Our nation needs your bipartisan energy and style!

[Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard @LANcityModem]

@celtics Celtics needs better analyst than existing TV analyst to call them on their skills, passion & technique to come back when they are down by 10 and not lose when up by 28. Celtics do not have the maturity & team spirit to become better team while Bucks, Nuggets, and Grizzlies do.

[Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard @LANcityModem]

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[Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard @LANcityModem]

@SenatorShaheen great to hear from you today standing for Afghan women higher education but in last 90 days not even once standing for women’s freedom in Iran and their daily killing despite of reaching your office more than six times and being ignored.

[Senator Mitt Romney @SenatorRomney]

We must lift our voices on behalf of the protestors in Iran risking their lives for basic rights. The tyrannical actions of Iranian leaders in moving to execute detained protestors must be condemned by the global community. Sham trials should be halted and protestors released.

[Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard @LANcityModem]

Reality of EV supply change for batteries and clean air…. https://t.co/89449E6BWQ

[Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard @LANcityModem]

Access to Internet. Let’s empower Starlink access to people of iran and put the receiver and dish design as OPEN SOURCE now that staralink was licensed to opera. ⁦@elonmusk⁩ https://t.co/eVpEkCwLPh

[CNN @CNN]

"This is a pivotal moment for Iran and the world."

CNN's @jaketapper weighs in on the protests in Iran over the death of a young woman who was taken into custody by the morality police for allegedly not wearing her hijab properly. @CNNSOTU #CNNSOTU

[Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard @LANcityModem]

An excellent educational piece to read about the importance of Oceans for planet earth! https://t.co/gbyWNe8bbN

[Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard @LANcityModem]

@UNHBCOE The FCC unanimously approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to begin the process of implementing so-called ‘nutrition labels’ for broadband service, advancing an idea which was first floated more than five years ago https://t.co/5huU7HuBNT