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04/14/2003
CABLE CONNECTIONS
Karen Brown Tom Zappala to VP-program acquisitions and scheduling, from SVP-programming for Viacom. Robert Daleo to regional director of sales and marketing, from regional director of video products marketing. Jonathan H. Walter to director of information technology, financial services, from senior director of IT financial services for AT&T Broadband. Theresa Weston to assistant controller, from […]
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04/14/2003
ALPHABET SOUP
BY SHIRLEY BRADY Time Warner Cable of Maine is rolling out digital phone service, with an official market launch set for next month. The $39.95 service includes unlimited calls within the continental U.S. Caller ID displayed on a TV set and access to voice mail via e-mail will be added later. As of last week […]
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04/01/2003
Broadband: Interference Report Card
Three years ago I wrote an article about signal leakage and interference to over-the-air users, specifically amateur ("ham") radio operators ("Signal Leakage & Harmful Interference," July 2000 Communications Technology. I mentioned at the time that I had just been appointed to serve on the American Radio Relay League’s (ARRL’s) RFI Task Force. My role as […]
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04/01/2003
Planning for the All—Digital Future
As the deadline approaches for broadcasters to transition to digital, cable operators will need to rethink the way they deliver services. All forms of media are moving from analog to digital. While today’s children don’t recognize vinyl records and think cameras have always been digital, broadcast television remains the last bastion of analog. How will […]
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04/01/2003
Constructing Cable IP Backbone
Operators face a range of legacy and new transport options in fashioning an IP backbone that can carry more traffic and deliver greater returns. Cable operators considering the future of their backbone networks may feel like homeowners watching a home improvement television show. The host invariably has the right tool for each job, works with […]
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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 […]