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09/11/2008
Wilmington Highlights DTV Progress
With less than 160 days until the nationwide digital TV transition in February, the proverbial switch was flipped in Wilmington, NC, this past Monday at noon. The rhetoric and symbolism were abundant: "First in flight, and now first in digital," proclaimed Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo, as he joined FCC Chairman Kevin Martin at a giant, […]
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09/08/2008
Workers Believe Telecom, Media, Tech Going Strong
Since the debate about the soundness of the overall U.S. economy is heating up as the presidential elections approach, what better time to measure opinion specifically about the telecom, media and technology (TMT) sector? What TelecomCareers found in a recent survey was that 70 percent of TMT workers believe the industry will grow or remain […]
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09/04/2008
Viewers Find DVRs Indispensable
Back in the big-hair days of the 1980s, Americans wanted their MTV. Today, the public is clamoring for a technology that gives them control of when they watch music videos. In other words, recent studies show that nationally, and globally, for that matter, "We want our DVRs." For starters, according to Turner research (based on […]
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09/01/2008
Broadband: How Fast Is RF?
Maybe a better question is, "What’s the speed of an electromagnetic signal in a vacuum?" After all, what we call RF refers to signals in the lower frequency or longer wavelength part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Light is an electromagnetic signal, too, existing in the higher frequency or shorter wavelength part of the electromagnetic spectrum. […]
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08/28/2008
Comcast Delivers at the DNC
Putting together the 2008 Democratic National Convention (Aug. 25-28) hasn’t just been about lining up speakers. It’s been about ensuring the rest of America outside of Denver’s Pepsi Center and Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium have the chance to hear the speeches. As the official cable TV and VOD provider for the DNC Committee, […]
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08/14/2008
Work on Slowing Light Speeds Up
It’s approaching late August, a good time to take a break from the daily grind of the here-and-now. For today’s escape, let’s use optics. For those of you placed in the "F" space of the hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) network, current work in access, metro and long-haul fiber optics might entail node splitting, determining test and […]