In part 2 of Communications Technology Associate Editor Mike Robuck‘s visit to Cox Communications Las Vegas, Mike discusses Cox’s digital phone launch with John Fountain, VP of technology for Cox Business Services. Find out how Cox stays on the cutting edge with its voice product, from strategy to technology to lessons learned and future growth.

Fountain discusses tiered service levels of phone; bandwidth management and node-splitting; why Cox Vegas is one of the few cable systems to launch a DSL product; the Sprint wireless joint venture; and other initiatives that differentiate its phone service from the 23 CLECs it’s competing with the Las Vegas area.

• Click here for part 1 of Mike’s series on Cox Las Vegas.

Length: 05:50

Credits:
Producer/Interviewer: Mike Robuck
Editor: Christine Hardtman
Video shot by Crews Control

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Cory Gardner is the first NCTA President/CEO to take the helm of the association without the Cable Show (also referred to as INTX: The Internet & Television Expo or the National Show) as a platform for the industry’s agenda. NCTA shuttered the 65-year-old convention in 2016. While it’s not coming back, Gardner does think there’s room for some industry show-and-tell.

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