CT's Pipeline articles from February 2003

CT's Pipeline archives from February 2003

How Cable's HD Efforts Souped Up the SuperBowl.(high definition television)
February 4, 2003... While Washington lobbyists for the NAB (www.nab.org) used the SuperBowl to blame the cable industry for delays in HDTV deployment, the reality in the field is somewhat different. The Cox system in Las Vegas, for instance, has been...

Chin Up: Broadband Technology Opportunities in 2003.(Strategy Analytics forecast;' multiple articles)
February 4, 2003... You might have heard some partly sunny projections for high-speed Internet uptake recently, but Strategy Analytics (www.strategyanalytics.com) took the optimism further last week, predicting that residential broadband access will become the...

Cable to Rub Elbows with Telcos/Wireless at OSS Summit.(International Engineering Consortium's OSS Summit 2003)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2003... "Operations excellence has become the life-or-death differentiator for service providers," says Matthew Desch, CEO of Telcordia Technologies (www.telcordia.com), and the program chair for the International Engineering Consortium's (www.iec.org)...

Un-Geeking the Home Network.
February 4, 2003... Last month at SCTE's Emerging Technologies 2003 in Miami, Comcast VP of Digital TV Mark Hess cautioned cable engineers looking at home networking that "early adopter does not mean geek... We can add value in making it deadly simple for the...

Gear Up for Learning at Expo.(Cable-Tec Expo, Philadelphia)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2003... SCTE's 20th anniversary Cable-Tec Expo, May 11-14 in Philadelphia, features 20 educational workshops focusing on here-and-now engineering issues, such as DOCSIS implementation, networking, OSS, GigE, on-demand solutions, HDTV deployment,...

Hard Talk on Set-Top Hard Drives.(Brief Article)
February 11, 2003... DBS operators would love to see you continuing to do just what many of you are doing: delaying the deployment advanced, hardware-embedded set-tops. That kind of procrastination plays into the satellite guys' hand, Scientific-Atlanta...

Internet Satellite Takes on the Digital Divide.(SES Americom )
February 11, 2003... An exclusive deal with the National Cable Telecommunications Cooperative is giving two vendors a chance to do good and do well at the same time. Helping to bridge the "digital divide" is the do-good angle. The do-well opportunity is giving...

Train Your Field Crew in 'Playhouses'.(Time Warner Cable training method)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2003... Here's a unique idea for training your team of installers. Build a couple of houses, and let them at 'em. Let them make their mistakes and hone their trade there before they go out into the real world. That's exactly what Time Warner Cable...

Un-Geeking the Home Network.(Brief Article)
February 11, 2003... Last month at SCTE's Emerging Technologies 2003 in Miami, Comcast VP of Digital TV Mark Hess cautioned cable engineers looking at home networking that "early adopter does not mean geek... We can add value in making it deadly simple for the...

Double Your Learning with SCTE's HFC Plant Seminars.(Brief Article)
February 11, 2003... Attend both of SCTE's HFC Plant seminars -- Coaxial Cable and Optical Fiber -- and you'll enhance your knowledge of basic design theories plus learn practical applications. Both are taking place in Memphis, and are co-hosted by SCTE's Mid-South...

Cablevision's Sunny Profit News Could Bode Well for VoIP.
February 18, 2003... Cablevision's fourth quarter jump in subs and profit, and its expectations for more next year, could mean good things for VoIP. Th op already is marketing VoIP on Long Island and testing how the business works, Tom Rutledge, president of...

Laubach Heads Re-Christened Startup.(Mark Laubach )(Broadband Physics )
February 18, 2003... Technology brain Mark Laubach emerged this month as president and CEO of Broadband Physics (www.broadbandphysics.com), the new name for Rainmaker Technologies, where he had served as CTO. Laubach also had previously served as CTO and...

SCTE to Go the Distance.(distance learning courses addressing cable communications)
February 18, 2003... SCTE, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and AM Communications will offer five distance learning courses for cable telecommunications students and professionals. Available March 1, the course are developed by the three organizations,...

HDTV: Ready or Not, It's Here.(high-definition television)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2003... Here's yet more evidence that most MSOs have officially removed HDTV from their perpetual blue-sky-maybe-one-day files. Additionally, it's more proof that the cable engineering community needs to ensure it has its HD strategy firmly in place to...

Insight Nabs Op of the Year.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2003... Communications Technology named Insight Communications as the winner of its 2003 Operator of the Year Award. The MSO will be featured in the May issue of the magazine, and will also be recognized for its accomplishments in a special reception...

Keeping Home Nets Simple.(Letter to the Editor)
February 25, 2003... Last month at SCTE's Emerging Technologies 2003 in Miami, Comcast VP of Digital TV Mark Hess cautioned cable engineers looking at home networking that "early adopter does not mean geek... We can add value in making it deadly simple for the...

OSS Summit Recording Available.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2003... If you missed the Kagan OSS Summit last month, which ran right before SCTE's Conference on Emerging Technologies in Miami, you can pick up tapes at http://www.kagan.com/cgi-bin/pkcat/oss03wtp.html Speakers from Hewlett-Packard, Imagine...

Last Chance to Nominate a Colleague for SCTE's 2003 Spring Awards.(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers)
February 25, 2003... SCTE is seeking nominations for its annual Spring Awards that recognize cable telecommunications professionals and companies for their contributions to the Society and accomplishments within the industry. The awards include Member of the Year,...