2008 in Review
The end of the year is the traditional time to look back, take stock, absorb lessons learned, and gird for the coming year. Looking over CT‘s last 12 issues, a number of things stand out: hot topics, interesting ideas, awards, and even a bit of humor. What follows are links to each month of the year (each includes online-only content as well as stories from the magazine) along with the standout piece for that month. Enjoy.
The Standout:
VOD Best Practices
By Keith R. Hayes, Charter Communications
The video on demand (VOD) environment is one of the most complex … FULL STORY >>
The Standout:
WiMAX
By Craig Kuhl
The WiMAX vision of delivering mobile wireless service to city-wide hot spots … FULL STORY >>
The Standout:
NEC 2008
By Steven C. Johnson, Johnson Telecom
Cable operators have two electrical codes to comply with: the National … FULL STORY >>
The Standout:
Service Assurance Metrics
By Robert F. Cruickshank III, ARRIS
In the DOCSIS project, we started something critical that the cable TV … FULL STORY >>
The Standout:
Chasing Verizon FiOS
By Victor Blake
Verizon’s FiOS high-speed data offerings are a threat to cable operators … FULL STORY >>
The Standout:
System of the Year: TWC Carolina
By Jonathan Tombes, Editor
This year’s search for excellence brought us head to head with the cable … FULL STORY >>
The Standout:
Women in Tech 2008: Cyndee Everman
By Craig Kuhl
The leap from teaching data processing to high school seniors to supporting … FULL STORY >>
The Standout:
Reality Check: Net Neutrality – or Squatters Rights?
By Louise Wasilewski
How did the debate about the return on investment in our networks get this … FULL STORY >>
The Standout:
Broadband: Silly Cable Tech Terms
By Ron Hranac
Rather than my usual discourse about things technical, this month’s column … FULL STORY >>
The Standout:
DQoS Routing
By Craig Lien
The building blocks of an HFC network are nodes; they can be added or split … FULL STORY >>
The Standout:
A Proposal for DOCSIS 4.0
By Alon Bernstein, Cisco Systems, and Steve Gorshe, PMC-Sierra
Passive optical networks (PONs) are rapidly evolving and will eventually … FULL STORY >>
The Standout:
A Delicate Balance: Alternatives for Multi-Wavelength Systems
By Dr. Tim Brophy, Fernando Villarruel and Dr. Kuang-Yi Wu, Scientific Atlanta
Node splits and node segmentation are among the tools available to cable … FULL STORY >>
– CT
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