CT's Pipeline articles from May 2005

CT's Pipeline archives from May 2005

How to Evaluate Ethernet Switches.
May 3, 2005... Have you measured your system's zap time lately? Or analyzed the quality of service (QoS) requirements for video as well as telephony? If so, you may have come across the test and equipment vendor IneoQuest Technologies, whose MPEG over...

Call for Expo Releases.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2005... Send Us your Expo Press Releases You'll be showing your best and brightest at SCTE's Cable-Tec Expo in San Antonio, and we can help you get the word out. CT's show dailies go out all three days of Expo, and we'll also be running sneak...

Letters and Corrections.(Letter to the Editor)
May 3, 2005... A Dropped Packet and 160 Mbps Minimum Many of you noticed one particularly bungled sentence in last week's DOCSIS 3.0. In discussing the approaches to channel bonding, we in advertently repeated "MPEG" instead of writing "packet." The...

Broadband Soapbox.(service level agreements)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2005... SLAs: Myth or Reality? Can MSOs provide the right kind of service level agreements (SLAs) to commercial customers? A year ago, an experienced and trusted cable engineer made this assertion: "The LECs will have a tighter SLA than a cable...

SCTE Announcements.(Society Of Cable Telecommunication Engineers)
May 3, 2005... Geared Up for Expo? Get all the great details of what's in store for you at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo r in June in San Antonio. Attendee registration is in full swing; exhibit space is filling up. http://expo.scte.org SCTE VoIP Symposium...

Pipeline Profile: Susie Kim Riley.(Camiant Inc.)(Interview)
May 3, 2005... SCTE member since 2003 Title: CTO, Camiant, Inc. Broadband Background: Prior to founding Camiant, Inc. in March 2003, Riley was an architect for ADC's Cuda cable modem termination system (CMTS) product line. She focused on quality of...

Commercial Services Roundup and Preview.(Cover Story)
May 10, 2005... Commercial services is the flavor of the month, with the CTAM Commercial Services Forum slated for May 19 and the current issue of Communications Technology attacking this topic in its cover story. Another case in point: the keynote...

Call for Expo Releases.
May 10, 2005... Send Us your Expo Press Releases You'll be showing your best and brightest at SCTE's Cable-Tec Expo in San Antonio, and we can help you get the word out. CT's hard copy show dailies go out all three days of Expo, and we'll also be...

Broadband Soapbox: SLAs: Myth or Reality?(Service Level Agreements)(CTAM Commercial Services Forum )
May 10, 2005... A year ago, an experienced and trusted cable engineer warned of the advantage that the local exchange carriers (LECs) enjoy on matter of service level agreements (SLAs). Is that still the case? As MSOs accelerate their efforts to serve the...

SCTE Announcements.(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers)
May 10, 2005... Zoom in on Expo Get all the great details of what's in store for you at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in June in San Antonio. Attendee registration is in full swing; exhibit space is filling up. http://expo.scte.org Join Us, L&D Pros The...

Pipeline Profile: Steven Johnson.(Interview)
May 10, 2005... SCTE member since 1995 Title: Network Assurance Supervisor, Cox Communications Broadband Background: Johnson is a network assurance supervisor for Cox Communications in Oklahoma City. Previously, he served seven years as a technical...

Work Force Automation.
May 17, 2005... The case for effective field force automation is pretty much a slam dunk. It's clear that compared to manual paper-based methods, automated field management saves time, allows operators to hit tighter service windows, more often gets...

Send Us your Expo Press Releases.
May 17, 2005... You'll be showing your best and brightest at SCTE's Cable-Tec Expo in San Antonio, and we can help you get the word out. CT's show dailies go out all three days of Expo, and we'll also be running sneak peeks on our Web site...

Broadband Soapbox: Happy 20 th Anniversary, Ron.
May 17, 2005... This month, Ron Hranac (silent 'H' for anyone out there wondering) is celebrating his 20 th anniversary as a writer for Communications Technology. That comes to about 450,00 words, as noted in his current column for the magazine. For the...

SCTE Announcements.
May 17, 2005... SCTE Cable-Tec Expo r '05 Exhibit Space Sold Out! Get the great details at http://www.scte.org/news/detail.cfm?ID=359. Attendee registration is in full swing at http://expo.scte.org. Important Date for L&D Pros The SCTE...

Pipeline Profile: Dr. John Pickens.(interview)(Interview)
May 17, 2005... SCTE member since 1997 Title: Vice President, Technology, Arroyo Video Solutions Broadband Background: Arroyo brought Dr. Pickens on board earlier this month. He had been serving as a consultant for companies and organizations,...

Business Customers Like Road Runner.(Time Warner Cable's Road Runner Business broadband service won customer satisfaction award)
May 24, 2005... In a decision that even surprised the winners, J.D. Power and Associates named a cable company's commercial services division "highest in customer satisfaction" among broadband data business customers. Time Warner Cable's Road Runner...

Send Us your Expo Press Releases.
May 24, 2005... You'll be showing your best and brightest at SCTE's Cable-Tec Expo in San Antonio, and we can help you get the word out. CT's show dailies go out all three days of Expo, and we'll also be running sneak peeks on our Web site...

Letters to Editor.(Letter to the Editor)
May 24, 2005... SLAs Reconsidered Here's a response to our Broadband Soapbox posting from May 10 ("SLAs: Myth or Reality?") regarding a potential disadvantage of cable regarding the commercial services marketplace. The question of the service level...

SCTE Announcements.(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
May 24, 2005... Countdown to Expo! SCTE Cable-Tec Expo '05 has a sold-out exhibit floor and 20 cutting-edge workshops in store for you in San Antonio. Attendee registration is in full swing. Join us. Get full show details and save $100 by signing up...

Pipeline Profile: Charlie Kennamer.(vice president of Comcast Cable Communications Inc.)(Interview)
May 24, 2005... SCTE member since 1995 Title: Vice President, Engineering, Standards & Industry Affairs, Comcast Cable Broadband Background: Kennamer, formerly with AT&T Broadband, joined Comcast in 2002 when the two companies merged. A main focus...

A National Cable Footprint.(OpenCable Application Platform )
May 31, 2005... OCAP Advances Cable's Video Effort Cable rules video, and, despite what the telcos say, cable will continue to rule. That message was hammered home during a CableLabs' media briefing in New York City May 25. The phone companies tried...

Letters to Editor.(Letter to the Editor)
May 31, 2005... Meeting Hranac: Before e-mail, there was the telephone This is one of several notes that arrived in response to our Broadband Soapbox referring to Ron Hranac's 20 th year as a contributor to Communications Technology: I first met Ron...

Broadband Soapbox: Happy 20 th Anniversary, Ron.
May 31, 2005... This month, Ron Hranac (silent 'H' for anyone out there wondering) is celebrating his 20 th anniversary as a writer for Communications Technology. That comes to about 450,000 words, as noted in his current column for the magazine. For the...

SCTE Announcements.
May 31, 2005... Expo Savings End Friday! SCTE Cable-Tec Expo '05 has a sold-out exhibit floor and 20 cutting-edge workshops in store for you in San Antonio. The show dates are Tuesday through Friday, June 14-17. * Pre-register and save $100 through...

Pipeline Profile: Alan Amato.
May 31, 2005... SCTE member since 1994 Title: Director of Engineering, Times Fiber-Amphenol Broadband Background: An SCTE Senior Member since 2000, Amato is the inaugural recipient of the SCTE Excellence in Standards Award. Amato is involved in the...