Search results for:
ct
-
04/13/2006
Proxy Server
IP Appreciation at NCTA For more on what was hot at NCTA, read this show wrapup by Light Reading at http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=92533. Switched Digital Components With switched digital video (SDV) gaining a lot of traction at this week’s show in Atlanta, this archived Communications Technology story can fill you in on all of the components you’ll […]
-
-
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.
-
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.
-
04/01/2006
Business Voice
Should cable operators be delivering business voice services? Absolutely, says Cox Business Services VP Kristine Faulkner. Others have doubts.
-
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.