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12/01/2009
Cell Backhaul Preps for Ethernet: But Old Coexists with New
Carrier Ethernet continues to be a lively topic. At Cable-Tec Expo this year, several workshops and booth exhibits placed Ethernet within the context of the evolving yet booming cellular backhaul market. Evolving in the sense that well-established SONET and TDM technologies are coexisting with Ethernet transmission. Booming as backhaul is linked to the growth of […]
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11/30/2009
Bill Bresnan Dies at Age 75
William J. Bresnan, Chairman of Bresnan Communications, died November 27 at his home in Greenwich, CT from complications of cancer. Just two days earlier Bresnan had named Jeffrey DeMond as chief executive officer of the MSO. (For that announcement, click here). Bresnan’s 50-year career in the industry began as an engineer in the earliest days […]
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11/19/2009
Suddenlink Builds on Strengths
St. Louis-based Suddenlink Communications, with 1.2 million basic video subscribers, has had a strong year. It also posted strong third quarter results today, with overall revenue rising 7 percent. The MSO reported a net loss of $7.7 million, half as much as in the prior year period. Last month, CT reviewed network and service developments at […]
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11/04/2009
Earnings up at Cablevision and Comcast
Cablevision reported a third-quarter tripling of profit on Tuesday, while Comcast reported a 22 percent increase in profit in an earnings report today. Driven by a surprising boost in advertising revenue and subscriber additions to high-speed data (+19,000) and telephony (+34,000) subscribers, Cablevision posted a quarterly profit of $98.9 million, three times its earnings in […]
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11/01/2009
Telephony Calls Opportunities: Reinventing Voice
Discussions of leading-edge voice technology might include a myriad of topics from session initiation protocol (SIP) to WiMAX vs. LTE, to sophisticated telepresence systems. In October, Comcast announced a new product in the telephony space: cordless phones. Wait, isn’t that more 1980s than 2009? Apparently, it’s a bit of the glass half-empty as opposed to […]
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11/01/2009
Faster Down, Faster Up: Can’t Have One Without the Other
The return path, long the poor cousin to downstream in terms of throughput and spectrum allocation, is beginning to demand its due. Consumer behavior is driving the attention, with the explosion in popularity of video-rich, two-way applications now impacting Internet usage patterns. Service providers are responding. Cablevision grabbed headlines in May by offering up to […]