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03/30/2009
Fiber Sets Stage for Rural Broadband
In February, when talk of a broadband stimulus program was still speculative, Infinera announced its DTN Digital Optical Networking system had been approved for use by companies using USDA Rural Utilities Service (RUS) funding. (For more, click here.) It turns out RUS will be the agency distributing $2.5 billion to bring high-speed Internet access to […]
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03/26/2009
Irdeto Looks at Online Video and Beyond
After Time Warner and Comcast’s recent announcements that they intend to greatly expand their online video presence in 2009, there have been a plethora of announcements from vendors claiming to have the perfect end-to-end Internet video solution. There will undoubtedly be more at next week’s Cable Show in Washington, D.C. For more on online video […]
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03/24/2009
IPDR Revs into Higher Cycles
After orbiting the cable industry for several years, Internet protocol detail record (IPDR) is cycling into a deployment phase. "The big thing over the last year is that several MSOs are rolling out IPDR nationwide for their DOCSIS networks," said Randy Fuller, Camiant vice president, business development. "It’s going into production." According to the timeline […]
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03/23/2009
Broadband Stimulus May or May Not Focus on Rural
Last week, the federal agencies involved in the broadband stimulus program held four public meetings to solicit comments about the broadband initiative under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. (For more, click here.) The $7.2 billion allocated for broadband stimulus will be distributed in the form of grants and loans, with the first […]
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03/19/2009
Antennas: Technology Revisited
The broadcast digital transition scheduled for June 12 may create some benefit for cable, which could see a boost in subscribers who figure this is a good time to make the switch to cable. On the other hand, consumers are starting to realize they can get more “channels” from broadcast networks than ever before. DTV […]
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03/17/2009
DNSSEC Aims to Fix Vulnerabilities
Commonly described as the phone book for the Internet, the Domain Name System (DNS) associates and translates a colossal number of hostnames and IP addresses. The DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) is a suite of specifications aimed at weaknesses in this system. Although there are many hurdles left in the deployment of DNSSEC, it got a […]