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04/01/2003
Telephony: Measuring Voice Quality in a Packet Network
Everyone knows the ability to guarantee voice quality is a prerequisite to providing primary line telephony service, but how do you really know that your system meets the standards of carrier-grade quality? For that matter, do you know what those standards are? When I started to dig into this topic, I found there was a […]
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03/31/2003
ALPHABET SOUP
BY SHIRLEY BRADY Comcast’s souped-up Philadelphia VOD model is now available to 700,000 subscribers in New Jersey. Like Philly, more than 1,000 hours of on-demand content are divided into three “buckets.” The first bucket is free content (no additional charge), accounting for 80% of the lineup and including 140 shows from A&E, History, Comedy Central, […]
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03/31/2003
All this hand-wringing over DVRs misses a key point: They can be good for cable.
BY JENIFER CISTOLA After a slow start, digital video recording devices are gaining momentum. However, most consumers have to try the product to understand its value. Millions of marketing dollars seem to have done a poor job of getting the message out. Instead, word of mouth is a primary driver for the DVR. Those who […]
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03/24/2003
High Stakes in the war for cable news supremacy
BY VERNE GAY To understand why a genuine historic moment in cable television arrived last Wednesday night, all one need do is remember 1991. It was a mild January night — mild in New York, anyway — when the whole world was as taut as a bowstring. Remember just one particular moment (6:45 p.m. on […]
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03/24/2003
Late Breaking News
BY JON LAFAYETTE Liberty Media beefed up its war chest to nearly $5 billion after completing a complex $1.5 billion bond offering late Friday. Liberty effectively sold 86.1 million AOL TW shares by issuing debentures, due by 2023, that are exchangeable into shares of AOL at a price of $17.42 a share — a 50% […]
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03/24/2003
‘Not Like Anywhere Else in Texas’
BY ANDREA FIGLER Drive down almost any street in Austin and you’re bound to come across at least one bumper sticker imploring those who hold sway over such matters to “Keep Austin Weird.” Likely you’ll see more than one of them. This may be the capital of Texas, the state that brought the nation its […]