CT's Pipeline articles from May 2004

CT's Pipeline archives from May 2004

Bake a Better VoIP Cookie.(Brief Article)
May 11, 2004... Want a big bite of all those new VoIP revenues? Experts who've already deployed offered up the following at last week's "Breakfast of VoIP Champs" at the National Show in New Orleans: * Avoid price wars with telcos. "We'd rather have a...

Does Net Management Software Need a Divorce from Underlying Elements?
May 11, 2004... From the emerging trends department: Cisco Systems (www.cisco.com) and Comcast are thinking alike. Specifically, two great minds from these companies said that the software managing the network needs to be separated from the underlying...

VoIP - Got Voice?(Brief Article)
May 11, 2004... "VoIP - Got Voice? Cable Adventures in Telephone-Land" is a free Webinar slated for Wed., May 12, 2004. Two sessions are offered at12 p.m. and 3 p.m. ET. The Webinar is designed to introduce you to the fundamentals of VoIP, and help you...

High-Def-a-Go-Go.(Brief Article)
May 11, 2004... So, those of you that have already launched HD services, let's hear it: What should your fellow engineers who haven't taken their net high-def yet watch out for as they roll services out to subs? What are the combining issues you've run into,...

Register Today for Cable-Tec Expo 2004 and Save $100.(Brief Article)
May 11, 2004... Destination: Orlando, June 15-18. Catch all the informative technical workshops and seminars, the always-exciting exhibit hall, numerous valuable networking opportunities, and much, much more. Please note: Thurs., May 20 is the housing...

Top Biz and Technology Execs to Speak at Expo.(Brief Article)
May 18, 2004... Strap yourself in, and fire up those broadband engineering synapses because SCTE's (www.scte.org) Cable-Tec Expo '04 is packing some commanding brainpower into its CEO and CTO panels. The CEO panel includes Jim Chiddix, CEO and chairman of...

How Standards Are Changing the Industry, Now.
May 18, 2004... Nielson viewing data is crucial for the cable industry's advertising business. The ongoing digital evolution, moreover, is changing the traditional channel-based, TV research paradigm. Thus comes the arrival of Nielson's universal metering...

Get Your Net Security Basics Here.(Book Review)
May 18, 2004... Cisco Press recently published Network Security First-Step. The book is a novice-friendly introduction to network security. Written as an accessible, easy-to-understand introduction, it expects no previous knowledge of the subject, nor of...

HDTV Lessons-Learned.(Brief Article)
May 18, 2004... So, those of you that have already launched HD services, let's hear it: What should your fellow engineers who haven't taken their net high-def yet watch out for as they roll services out to subs? What are the combining issues you've run into,...

SCTE's Cable-Tec Expo 2004 Features CEO/CTO Panels.(Brief Article)
May 18, 2004... They'll share their viewpoints on cable technology and engineering at Expo's Annual Engineering Conference, set for Wednesday, June 16. Learn more in the "Feature Story" above, or at http://www.scte.org/news/detail.cfm?ID=270. Register online...

Climb the All-Digital Mountain: A Case of Fundamentals, and More.(Mountain Cablevision)(EGT)
May 25, 2004... Details of the "dual (analog/digital) mode" video delivery at Ontario's Mountain Cablevision are emerging, and the story involves both new technology and cable fundamentals. On the new technology front is gear from EGT Technology...

New SCTE Standards Project: HMS-147 HMS/DOCSIS Power Supply Transponder.(Society of Cable Television Engineers)
May 25, 2004... SCTE (www.scte.org) has begun a project to standardize communications with remote cable-network devices employing the Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) 1.1 and SCTE Hybrid Management Sub-layer (HMS) standards. This new...

5.4 Billion Reasons to VoIP Up Your Net.(Kagan Research new reports)(Brief Article)
May 25, 2004... Kagan Research recently released a new VoIP report, Cable VoIP Outlook: Q1 '04 Sector Update. According to the report's five-year projection, the cable VoIP sector will add 4.2 million new subscribers per year, yielding a $5.4 billion business...

HDTV Lessons-Learned.(High definition television)(Brief Article)
May 25, 2004... So, those of you that have already launched HD services, let's hear it: What should your fellow engineers who haven't taken their net high-def yet watch out for as they roll services out to subs? What are the combining issues you've run into,...

Register Today for Cable-Tec Expo 2004.(Brief Article)
May 25, 2004... There is still time to be an early bird and save $100 on registration, but you need to act soon. Don't miss the chance to catch everything under the sun in broadband engineering technology at SCTE's Cable-Tec Expo 2004, set for June 15-18 in...