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08/01/2009
Editor’s Letter: Beating Horses
A memorable expression from my first editor, a pugnacious Australian diplomat of the realist school, sometimes comes to mind when deciding whether or not to accept an article. The article in question at the
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07/30/2009
RFoG and PON Markets Mature
One sign of a maturing market is news at the component level. That has been the case over the past few months for RF over Glass (RFoG). Original equipment manufacturer TriAccess Technologies, for example, has released an amplifier designed for RFoG-based, fiber access networks. The integrated circuit uses what the company calls trans-impedance amplifier technology. […]
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07/28/2009
BigBand Taps SDV Core for Control Plane
The MSO community, at least in the United States, has been less than enthusiastic about CMTS bypass for Internet Protocol (IP) video. But now, BigBand Networks says its VipPass bypass product was just one step in a larger vision to leave the CMTS for voice and data and deliver IP video to multiple screens. BigBand […]
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07/28/2009
On the Hill
NCTA supports Rep John Larson 's (D-CT) Community College Technology Access Act, which would provide expanded access to community college
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07/27/2009
Qwest Aims its Arrow at the Upstream
Qwest last week took aim at what it perceives to be cable’s weak spot: the upstream. The tier 1 telco unveiled higher Internet speeds in some of its coverage areas, using second generation very high bitrate digital subscriber line (VDSL2) broadband technology. The company is offering two new options: 40 Mbps downstream/20 Mbps upstream for […]
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07/22/2009
Verizon, AT&T Discount EBIF, Promote Other Apps
TV programmers and advertisers won’t create interactive applications targeted at pay TV subscribers until tens of millions of advanced set-tops are deployed, executives at an IPTV World Forum conference said Wednesday. Content producers will begin to produce more interactive programming for U.S. subscribers when a critical mass of 20 million set-tops capable of running […]