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07/01/2011
How to Make a PEG Channel a ‘Favorite’
Does your city have a Public, Education and Governmental (PEG) channel on its cable system? A PEG channel is a channel procured by a city’s franchise agreement with its local cable company for the purpose of broadcasting PEG video content. Most people’s exposure to PEG channels represents a split-second glimpse as they channel-surf. The following […]
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07/01/2011
LightSquared’s Heavy Regulatory, Technical Burdens. Will It Fly?
Reston, Va.-based LightSquared is ramping up a unique terrestrial and satellite 4G LTE wireless network, using as much as 59 megahertz of terrestrial and L-band Ancillary Terrestrial Components (ATC) spectrum, mostly in the 1.6 GHz band. LightSquared’s plan is to lease its network on a wholesale basis to providers that want to sell retail wireless […]
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07/01/2011
DOCSIS 3.0 and the Tier 2/3 Operator
For cable operators that offer bundled services (television, phone and Internet), the past 15 years have given them their fair share of changes in terms of what services and offerings should top that list and occupy the customer focus. As a result of the rapid expansion of the Internet, consumers shifted their level of importance […]
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07/01/2011
How Pole Fees Impact Rural Broadband Deployment
In March 2010, the American Cable Association (ACA) applauded the arrival of the National Broadband Plan (NPB), especially the recommendation that pole-attachment rental rates should be as low and as close to uniform as possible. Thirteen months later, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted the NBP’s key recommendation on pole fees, greatly improving the business […]
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07/01/2011
dBmV: Voltage Or Power? (Part 1)
The concept of decibels often is confusing, especially when it comes to the decibel millivolt (dBmV) the cable industry has used for years as a metric to characterize signal levels. The “mV” in dBmV suggests we’re measuring voltage, yet the decibel itself is by definition used to express a ratio of two power levels. Indeed, […]
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07/01/2011
Small Is A Relative Term
By Debra Baker, editor, Communications Technology magazine I think almost everyone has harbored a secret desire to open his or her own business, believing: "I want to be the boss. I want to call the shots. I want to be the master of my own destiny (and vacation time). And I know how to do […]