CT's Pipeline articles from June 2005

CT's Pipeline archives from June 2005

Movie Downloads in Seconds?
June 7, 2005... Following the premise that there's never enough bandwidth, the cable industry is pursuing a DOCSIS 3.0 specification that would let operators bond together four or more 6 MHz channels to deliver outrageous speeds like 100 Mbps in the...

Career Engineer: Learning & Development Conference.(Brief Article)
June 7, 2005... The SCTE's Conference on Broadband Learning & Development is set for Tuesday, June 14, the day before Cable-Tec Expo formally begins. The one-day event is directed toward "anyone who is responsible for identifying critical new technologies,...

Broadband Soapbox: San Antonio, SBC and Cable-Tec.(SBC Communications Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 7, 2005... Next week's Cable-Tec Expo will draw attendees to San Antonio. To the Alamo, the River Walk and--for many--memories of the Expo held there three years ago. Our coverage in Communications Technology framed that event in terms of the day's...

SCTE Announcements.(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers)(Brief Article)
June 7, 2005... Expo Is Next Week! SCTE Cable-Tec Expo '05 has a sold-out exhibit floor and 20-plus cutting- edge workshops in store for you in San Antonio. The show dates are next Tuesday through Friday, June 14-17. G et full show details and sign up...

Pipeline Profile: Dan Murphy.(Interview)
June 7, 2005... SCTE member since early '80s Title : Vice President of Engineering and Technical Operations for Charter Communications, Great Lakes Division Broadband Background: Over the course of a 22-year career in broadband, Murphy has moved up...

C-level Execs Bullish on Voice, Home-Work, All-Digital Advertising and Wireless in Transition.
June 21, 2005... The CEOs and CTOs who spoke at last week's Cable-Tec Expo at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio made bold predictions on telephony and offered insight on other works-in-progress, including digital simulcast and advanced...

Letter to the Editor.(Letter to the Editor)
June 21, 2005... How Quickly Can SBC's "Bell Heads" Move? Here's one response we received regarding the question of whether competition and SBC in particular would figure into this year's Cable-Tec Expo: SBC faces a major hurdle that may be...

Broadband Soapbox: What's in a Name?(Brief Article)
June 21, 2005... Would that HFC plant by another name smell any sweeter? Cable's HFC plant is equal to or better than fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks, but falls short in the marketing department, Tony Werner, senior vice president and CTO of Liberty...

SCTE Announcements.
June 21, 2005... SCTE Cable-Tec Expo r 2005 Boasts Bustling Show Floor http://www.scte.org/news/detail.cfm?ID=370 Foote Is SCTE Member of the Year 2005 http://www.scte.org/news/detail.cfm?ID=365 SCTE Foundation Established ...

SCTE Cable-Tec Awards Luncheon.(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers)
June 21, 2005... Foote and others recognized Amidst hometown enthusiasm for local basketball stars, the SCTE last week in San Antonio named its own most valuable player: Bob Foote, regional vice president, Arris/TeleWire Supply. "I present this...

Cable Being Pushed, So Arris Prepares Channel Bonding.
June 28, 2005... How Much Speed Do Subs Really Need? Competition from telephone companies offering huge bandwidth improvements via fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and advanced DSL technologies is pushing the urgency for channel bonding that delivers...

Letters to the Editor: What to Rename "HFC"?(Letter to the Editor)
June 28, 2005... Here are some responses to last week's question, "What would you rename HFC?" I couldn't agree more that we need to rename the architecture that broke new ground in the late '80s. How about FTTN (to the "node" or "neighborhood")? ...

Broadband Soapbox: Commercial Services.(Brief Article)
June 28, 2005... How to get there from here? A major theme at this year's Cable-Tec Expo was commercial services. There were products specifically geared toward it, workshops on it and just lots of buzz generally. The technology's there, and the...

SCTE Announcements.
June 28, 2005... SCTE Live Learning Returns in July After taking a month off in June for SCTE Cable-Tec Expo, SCTE Live Learning returns Wednesday, July 20, at 2 p.m. Eastern time. It will be the next in a series of monthly live, interactive, Web-based...

Pipeline Profile: Tom Gorman.(interview)(Interview)
June 28, 2005... Implementing Best Practices, Keeping Markets Competitive SCTE member since 1982 Title : Vice President of Operations Engineering, Charter Communications Broadband Background: Among the other distinguishing highlights of his...