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06/17/2011
The Top 10 Ways Broadband Impacts Rural Areas
Broadband transforms rural communities in at least 10 meaningful ways, according to new data from the Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA), a coalition supporting ubiquitous U.S. broadband access and adoption. Based on analysis from several sources, including the Pew Internet & American Life Project and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the IIA points to ten major […]
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06/17/2011
Rural Co-Op Turns Stim Cash Into Broadband Network
West Kentucky and Tennessee Telecommunications Cooperative (WK&T), a big winner of broadband stimulus cash, plans to use Calix B6 Ethernet Service Access Nodes (ESANs) and the 700GE family of optical network terminals (ONTs) for its Fiber Forward initiative across western Kentucky and Tennessee. WK&T’s award consists of a $62 million grant and a $62 million […]
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06/16/2011
Live From The Cable Show: IT Guys Show Off
CHICAGO – Representatives from eight different IT providers strutted their stuff yesterday in front of two panels of judges, hoping to win bragging rights for the most innovative cable-TV related product or service in a number of different categories. “Industry executives are turning to cable IT tools to make their infrastructure more efficient, improve process […]
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06/16/2011
Comcast Uses thePlatform For Next-Generation TV Initiative
thePlatform, a white-label video publishing company and independent subsidiary of Comcast, confirmed that its cloud-based video publishing system, mpx, serves as the central management hub for Comcast’s next-generation Xfinity TV service. Now in a market trial in Augusta, GA, the Xfinity TV service offers a new personalized user experience on the television, making it easier […]
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06/16/2011
SeaChange Debuts Next-Gen Remote Storage DVR
SeaChange International announced its comprehensive next generation Remote Storage DVR (RS-DVR) network solution, available today for existing SeaChange Axiom video-on-demand (VOD) back office installations with deployed set-top box technologies, including SeaChange VODlink, which is currently deployed in millions of homes, and for the Adrenalin multi-screen back office with current and next-generation clients, including the new […]
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06/16/2011
ARRIS C4 CMTS Transmits 4.5 Gbps DOCSIS Downstream Bandwidth
At the NCTA Cable Show 2011 in Chicago, ARRIS is demonstrating real file transfer throughput of 4.5 Gbps of DOCSIS downstream traffic being transmitted over 128 DOCSIS downstream channels into a single fiber node. In the demo, an ARRIS C4 CMTS is configured using four newly-released 32 downstream cable access modules (32D CAMs) to source […]