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10/22/2009
Comcast EVP Schanz Previews Expo
The chairman of this year’s Cable-Tec Expo program subcommittee is EVP National Engineering & Technical Operations, Comcast Cable John Schanz. CT Editor Jonathan Tombes spoke with Schanz recently on a range of topics. For an edited transcript of that interview, see CT’s Communications Executive, posted on our homepage under “CT Extras.” Here’s more from that […]
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10/01/2009
Business Services: Ethernet Makes Sense
Businesses seeking to cut costs while satisfying needs for faster data rates are driving demand for carrier Ethernet. Bolstering the technology are advanced specifications, increasing its appeal among some wireless carriers. But while cell backhaul is a major application, the overall market is more widespread. "Organizations that buy, whether they are a small-to-medium business (SMBs) […]
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10/01/2009
Broadband: Happy Birthday SCTE!
Can you believe that the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers is 40 years old? The Society’s official 40th birthday was June 22 of this year, and various anniversary-related activities have been happening throughout 2009. As well, a number of events are planned during this month’s Cable-Tec Expo. A few years ago I put together a […]
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10/01/2009
Editor’s Letter: About our Authors
Some notes on this month’s team. Senior Technology Editor Ron Hranac needs no introduction. His regular Broadband column this month features a look back at 40 years of SCTE history, revealing something of
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09/30/2009
FTTH Council Crowns Cox Competitor
The Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Council presented its annual North American Star Award to South Louisiana-based service provider EATEL. In business through its subsidiary East Ascension Telephone Company since 1935, EATEL began deploying fiber to homes in 2004. The company brings local and long distance phone, television and high-speed Internet services to more than […]
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09/23/2009
ARRIS Agrees to Buy Digeo
ARRIS announced yesterday its agreement to purchase Digeo, a company known for its Moxi digital video recorders (DVRs), for a “cash purchase price of approximately $20 million.” Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen founded Digeo in 1999. Steve Perlman, founder of WebTV, launched Moxi in 2000. The two companies merged in 2002, with Digeo at the time […]