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04/01/2007
Broadband: Upstream 64-QAM Success Story
My September 2002 CT column, "16-QAM Success Story," started out with the following introduction: "It works great in the lab, but forget trying it in a real network." "QPSK barely works in my system, so there’s no way I can do 16-QAM." "We tried 16-QAM, but the packet loss was unacceptable." Do these comments sound […]
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03/30/2007
Lobbying Battle Begins Over "White Spaces" for Broadband Services
Dell, Intel, Microsoft and Google cast their eyes longingly at delivering high-speed Internet services over "unused" TV airwaves
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03/21/2007
360AM: Statewide Video Bills Advance
Video franchising battle heats up as telcos and cable operators square off in the media—and other Wednesday news
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03/20/2007
Wireless Update: Hot and Cold
Wireless is running both hot and cold these days. Much of the heat felt over here on the editorial side is emanating from CTIA Wireless 2007, a show slated for March 27-29 in Orlando, FL. The IMS category also continues to simmer. As for the low temperatures, we could point to some cable operators who […]
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03/14/2007
Six Sigma Revisited: Statistics, Process and Scale
Back in January we ran a story on Aaron Ripley, the director of quality and strategy at Cox Communications who was named Young Engineer of the Year at this year’s SCTE Conference on Emerging Technologies. Ripley was commended in part for his knowledge and use of Six Sigma, a quality control technique with roots in […]
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03/14/2007
Pipeline Profile: Ben Bekele
Title: Principal Architect, DOCSIS Technology, Cox Communications Broadband Background: Bekele is responsible for the evaluation and deployment of the latest DOCSIS technology within Cox Communications. He is currently architecting Cox’s migration to DOCSIS 3.0/M-CMTS, working on the intelligent management of DOCSIS resources to increase network efficiency, and modeling of the DOCSIS network to accommodate new […]