CT's Pipeline articles from January 2002

CT's Pipeline archives from January 2002

Comcast/AT&T: Gentleman, (Re) Start Your Upgrades.(Brief Article)
January 2, 2002... Last summer, the industry began to chaw on the extensive engineering issues that nuptials between AT&T/Comcast could spawn. Because AT&T's board has unanimously OK'd Comcast's $72 billion offer, all the technology-watchers and...

Cable Modem Service: You Don't Know What You've Got 'Til It's Gone.
January 2, 2002... Editor's note: By now you've heard at least a few accounts of utter woe regarding AT&T Broadband's efforts to move all its high-speed data customers to its own net. As you know, after Excite@Home put the final bung in the MSO's access about a...

CDMA/A-TDMA DemystiPHY'd.(Brief Article)
January 2, 2002... Broadband's braintrust is preparing to descend on San Jose, CA, next week for the SCTE's (http://www.scte.com) Conference on Emerging Technologies, and for those willing to squeeze in another day, Imedia Semiconductor (http://www.imedia.com)...

What the Heck Is 'Last-Mile' Anyway?
January 2, 2002... If you subscribe to the SCTE-List, you've read a lot of interesting opinions recently on the definition of "last-mile" and what it actually means in the broadband cable engineering community. Any Pipeline readers out there that want to take...

Register On-Site for ET 02.
January 2, 2002... Attend SCTE's Conference on Emerging Technologies 2002 ? Jan. 8-10 at the Fairmont in San Jose, CA ? and you'll learn how next-generation broadband networks will impact your business in the coming three to five years. On-site rates are $595...

Making Everybody's Business Broadband's Business.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... The more that broadband cable minds its own business, the more it can mind other businesses' businesses. As HFC platforms advance, broadband has gargantuan revenue potentials to deliver blazing data speeds to subs already sitting very near...

Comcast Deals With Its Own Troubles @Home.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... As AT&T Broadband has struggled through the throes of switching Excite@Home customers to its own net, it has heard many a catcall to hurry up and sell to Comcast already. Now Comcast has to tolerate more than a few inevitable Bronx cheers of...

Why Broadband Engineers Should Show at CES.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... In the past, broadband engineering execs have been accused of largely ignoring the Consumer Electronics Show, which tends to highlight a great deal of home networking equipment that will end up attached to their HFC nets. If you don't know...

The Not-So-Last Word on 'Last Mile'.(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... Pipeline received a flurry of opinions on last week's question: "What is the definition of last-mile?" -- a discussion that originated on the SCTE-List. Here are some of the responses. Watch for more next week. If you'd like to share your...

Your Child Could Win a $20K Scholarship!(Brief Article)
January 8, 2002... Are you a full-time broadband cable employee? If so, your child may be eligible for the $20,000 Milton Jerrold Shapp Memorial Scholarship. It's funded by Motorola and earmarked for a high school senior who will pursue an engineering degree...

How Broadband Engineers Will Get to Everything-On-Demand.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... Today's networking engineering challenges are just as momentous as the fiber integration and satellite delivery tasks that broadband's braintrust has tackled in the past, Jim Chiddix, president of AOLTW's Interactive Media Group, said last...

More Vendors Play Nice in Cable's Sandbox.(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... If broadband technology is to truly advance, many of the industry's vendors will have to share their coolest toys with each other and play nice. That idea has dominated the engineering landscape recently, whether through partnerships or...

Need a Job? Need to Hire a Broadband Engineer?(Brief Article)
January 15, 2002... SCTE (http://www.scte.org) and BroadbandCareers.Com have introduced an enhanced online job bank to help connect engineers, managers, technicians and installers with employers. "SCTE and BroadbandCareers.Com is a natural alliance between...

The 'Last Mile' By Any Other Name...
January 15, 2002... "What is the definition of the last mile?" There's a topic that's proved popular here in our "Broadband Soapbox" forum. Here's some of the responses Pipeline has received so far, and look for more next week. If you'd like to share your...

Submit Your Nomination for the WIT Award.
January 15, 2002... Know a woman who has contributed significantly to the broadband industry? Nominate her today for the Women in Technology (WIT) Award, sponsored by SCTE, Women in Cable & Telecommunications (WICT) and Communications Technology magazine. This...

SCTE's ET 02: Engineering Generation-Next Networks.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... It's one thing to indulge in armchair engineering while standing around the proverbial water cooler. After all, what's more fun than hypothesizing about what your nets might look like a half decade from now, or daydreaming even farther down...

ET 02 Speakers Offer Strategies to Avoid Network Chaos.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... In the MPEG vs. IP debate, the question endures: "Which transport is optimal?" The answer, according to CableLabs (http://www.cablelabs.com) Chief Software Architect Ralph Brown, is "it depends on the application." To ascertain which is best,...

Fellowship of the Resilient Packet Rings.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... No one quite knows yet how much sticker-shock he'll experience when looking to invest in resilient packet ring (RPR). That's because it's a basically a newly sprung technology. But even before you start considering cost, you need to...

Does the Journey Toward the 'Last Mile' Begin with a Single Definition?(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... The more you ask, the more definitions of "last mile" you get. Any more Pipeline readers out there that want to take a swing at defining this elusive term? For other readers' cracks at defining the term, see the Jan. 8 and Jan. 15 issues of...

ET 02 Proceedings On Sale Now.(Brief Article)
January 22, 2002... The complete collection of papers from SCTE's Conference on Emerging Technologies (held earlier this month) is now available. Topics include MPEG-4, IPv6, architecting and utilizing next-generation broadband networks and more. A limited...

Pole-itics: Why the Engineering Community Should Care.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... A broadband engineer dies, and St. Peter's assistant mistakenly sends him to Hades. Appalled with the lack of digital video and high-speed data in the Underworld, the engineer soon has a two-way HFC system humming. God calls Satan on his...

SCTE's ET 02: Broadband's Brave New Frontiers.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... What's better for digital video transport, MPEG or IP? Earlier this month in San Jose at SCTE's (http://www.scte.org) Conference on Emerging Technologies, Ralph Brown, chief software architect for CableLabs (http://www.cablelabs.com), said it...

Nominations for Vanguard Awards Open.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... The NCTA (http://www.ncta.com) issued a call for nominations for the 2002 Vanguard Awards, including the Award for Science and Technology. "While some winners are high-profile executives, others are unsung heroes of our industry. That's...

The Last Word on Last Mile.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... Here's your last chance to share your definition of "last mile" with other Pipeline readers. If you'd like to add your two cents on the last mile, send an e-mail to lhamilton@pbimedia.com. Responses may be edited for style or length. For...

Last Chance to Apply for Shapp Memorial $20K Scholarship.(Brief Article)
January 29, 2002... Are you a full-time broadband cable employee? If so, your child may be eligible for the $20,000 Milton Jerrold Shapp Memorial Scholarship. It's funded by Motorola and earmarked for a high school senior who'll pursue an engineering degree...