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04/04/2006
The Road to Atlanta: The Busy Season-and NCTA-Is upon Us
It's a busy spring. Some of you may already be heading to the SCTE chapter leadership conference that begins tomorrow (Wednesday) in Phoenix. Some of you will be converging at the NCTA National Show that opens in Atlanta on Sunday.
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04/01/2006
CMTS Upstream SNR Revisited
There was an interesting thread on the SCTE-List recently about cable modem termination system (CMTS) upstream signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). One cable operator reported having difficulty "obtaining upstream SNRs above the 25-26 dB range, even with plant that is node+1." He went on to ask, "Does anyone have any suggestions on how to move to the 28-30 dB level?" Someone else wondered whether there is some reliance one can place on anomalies being reported by the CMTS as faulty, using only the SNR reading. I jumped right in the middle of the discussion, and my SCTE-List comments serve as the basis for this month's column.
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04/01/2006
Business Voice
Should cable operators be delivering business voice services? Absolutely, says Cox Business Services VP Kristine Faulkner. Others have doubts.
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04/01/2006
Double Duty VOD
Meshed transport and redundant storage were some of the flavors in Time Warner Cable techno twofer in Portland, Maine.
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04/01/2006
Interactive Momentum
The long-dormant, potential energy of the OpenCable Application Platform has moved into action. This momentum will carry MSOs toward the goal of installation of OCAP in most headends by mid-2009.
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03/30/2006
Proxy Server
DSG Defined Shameless Plug Part II: Communications Technology and Texas Instruments are hosting a breakfast (go to www.ct-magazine.com for more details) at the upcoming NCTA show on the DOCSIS Set-top Gateway protocol, IPTV and Interactive TV. To learn more about DSG, check out this archived story by CT columnist Ron Hranac at http://www.ct-magazine.com/archives/ct/0503/0503_broadband.html. Time Warner […]