tree-and-branch

adjective

denoting a cable television system in which all available programme channels are fed to each subscriber Compare switched-star

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A bigger headache is that unlike the telephone system, cable networks were designed for one-way communication: a single strong signal transmitted down a tree-and-branch system to thousands of passive users who aren't sending any data back.