CT's Pipeline articles from May 2006

CT's Pipeline archives from May 2006

Cable and the Business Market: The Adventure Continues.
May 2, 2006... Two items from last Thursday's earnings report from Comcast caught our attention: First, the MSO's digital voice deployments are hitting stride: an average of 15,385 additional subs per week over the past quarter, hitting 20k in some weeks....

Our 8-Legged 'Friends'.(first aid for Loxosceles reclusa's bite)(Brief article)
May 2, 2006... We recently received an email about the dangers of the Brown Recluse spider, Loxosceles reclusa. The brief note included graphic photos of the progression (degeneration, really) of a bite from the Brown Recluse. Since this is a...

Broadband Soapbox: Cable's Geek-O-Sphere Specs and Standards.(Brief article)
May 2, 2006... In the accompanying profile, Doug Jones tells about joining the "cable Geek-O-Sphere," that self-selective group of technologists in this industry who thrive on the development of technical specifications and standards. It's a relatively...

SCTE Announcements.
May 2, 2006... Head to Denver for SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2006 It's "All Engineering. All the Time." at SCTE's annual flagship event happening in Denver Tuesday through Friday, June 20-23. Attendee registration is in full swing, and exhibit space is...

Pipeline Profile: Doug Jones.(of BigBand Networks Inc.)(Interview)
May 2, 2006... SCTE Member Since 2003 Title: Chief Architect Cable, BigBand Networks Broadband Background:Prior to joining BigBand Networks earlier this year, Jones served as chief architect for YAS Broadband. He also is credited with helping to...

Comcast Voice Gains.
May 9, 2006... Comcast added more than 211,000 digital voice subscribers during the first quarter of this year, beating analyst estimates. That's an average of 15,385 new phone subscribers per week, which begs the question of whether technical teams were...

Letters to the Editor: Spider Bites and Tequila.(Letter to the editor)
May 9, 2006... Here's a Response to last week's Letter on "Our 8-Legged 'Friends.'" I did a double-take on the Brown Recluse shot in CT's Pipeline, May 2, 2006. I was bitten by one while on a scuba diving expedition in the 1970s in the Sea of Cortez,...

Broadband Soapbox: Send CT your Expo Press Releases.
May 9, 2006... You'll be showing your best and brightest at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in Denver in June, and we can help you get the word out. CT's show dailies go out all three days of Expo, and our pre-show e-dailies go out the week prior to the show. ...

SCTE Announcements.
May 9, 2006... SAVE $$$-Register for SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2006 It's "All Engineering. All the Time." at SCTE's annual flagship event happening in Denver Tuesday through Friday, June 20-23. Attendee registration is in full swing, and exhibit space is...

Pipeline Profile: Brian Cappellani.(Brian Cappellani, interviewed)(Interview)
May 9, 2006... SCTE sustaining (corporate) member since 2005 Title: CTO and VP Engineering, Sigma Systems Broadband Background: Cappellani spoke with CT about the arrival of "all- play," a world of multiple and differing applications. Getting there,...

EuroCableLabs Update.
May 16, 2006... One-Stop Shop and Global Specs Cable is by nature and origin a local industry. Economics and technology then turned local systems into regional and national networks. And some of that underlying technology is now becoming ever more...

Engineering News: Congrats to Paul Woidke.(award)(Brief article)
May 16, 2006... Congrats to Comcast Spotlight VP/Technology Paul Woidke, who became the second recipient of the SCTE Excellence in Standards Award with this week's announcement from the SCTE. Woidke joins Alan Amato of Times Fiber Amphenol, who was last...

Broadband Soapbox: Send CT your Expo Press Releases.
May 16, 2006... You'll be showing your best and brightest at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in Denver in June, and we can help you get the word out. CT's show dailies go out all three days of Expo, and our pre-show e-dailies go out the week prior to the show. ...

SCTE Announcements.(Public notice)
May 16, 2006... SAVE $$$-Register for SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2006 It's "All Engineering. All the Time." at SCTE's annual flagship event happening in Denver Tuesday through Friday, June 20-23. Attendee registration is in full swing, and exhibit space is...

Pipeline Profile: John Treece.
May 16, 2006... SCTE Member Since 2002 Title : Director, Cable Business Development,Juniper Networks Broadband Background: Prior to his current role at Juniper, Treece was senior director of access network technologies for Comcast's advanced...

It's Spam Hour: Communications Security Briefing.
May 23, 2006... Quick pop quiz: How many of you have not deleted all spam from either your inbox or email server? And how many of you have failed to receive email that you wanted because somehow it triggered a spam blocker or other filter? Those two...

Engineering News: Comcast Telephony.
May 23, 2006... Sister pub CableFAX Daily reports that Comcast plans to launch phone service in Baltimore in July and a rolling launch of its phone service in Washington, DC, next month, with all DC subscribers having access to the service by the end of the...

Broadband Soapbox: Send CT your Expo Press Releases.
May 23, 2006... You'll be showing your best and brightest at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in Denver in June, and we can help you get the word out. CT's show dailies go out all three days of Expo, and our pre-show e-dailies go out the week prior to the show. ...

SCTE Announcements.
May 23, 2006... Are You Set for SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2006? It's "All Engineering. All the Time." at SCTE's annual flagship event happening in Denver Tuesday through Friday, June 20-23. Pre-register and save $100 through Friday, June 9. Get full show...

Pipeline Profile: Vicki Marts.(Vicki Marts of Cox Communications Inc., interviwed)(Interview)
May 23, 2006... SCTE member since 1989 Title: Director of Video Engineering Kansas, Arkansas, Cox Communications Recent accomplishment: Marts is the 2006 Women in Technology award winner in recognition of her unique achievements in the cable...

More Show Times.(plans of ANGA Cable Trade Fair, GlobalComm)
May 30, 2006... ANGA and GlobalComm As many in the North American cable industry's technical community gear up for Cable-Tec Expo, which begins three weeks from now in Denver, we'd like to exploit the brief quiet before that storm and draw attention to...

Engineering News: Cox Communications Deploys Speed Preview Nationwide.
May 30, 2006... The difficulty that most customers have in identifying concretely with rates of data throughput has led operators such as Cox Communications to try ways to give their high-speed data subs a preview of what a speed upgrade looks like. At...

Broadband Soapbox: Send CT your Expo Press Releases.
May 30, 2006... You'll be showing your best and brightest at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in Denver in June, and we can help you get the word out. CT's show dailies go out all three days of Expo, and our pre-show e-dailies go out the week prior to the show. ...

SCTE Announcements.(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers' Cable-Tec Expo 2006)
May 30, 2006... Zoom in on SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2006 Get set for "All Engineering. All the Time" at SCTE's annual flagship event happening in Denver Tuesday through Friday, June 20-23. Some new additions: * Pre-Opening General Session Breakfast...

Pipeline Profile: Tom Buttermore.
May 30, 2006... SCTE member since 2004 Title: Vice President and General Manager of Cable Solutions for Nortel Broadband Background: Prior to joining Nortel, Buttermore served as vice president of data and voice engineering and operations at Adelphia...