CT's Pipeline articles from November 2007

CT's Pipeline archives from November 2007

Move Smartly: Broadband Speed War Update.
November 6, 2007... The broadband speed wars are on, and a Congressional committee is only one of several parties trying to keep score. Last week, the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Committee approved the "Broadband Census of America Act of...

Engineering News.
November 6, 2007... Cable-Style IPTV: Strategy and Tactics YouTube, AppleTV, ABC.COM, Cinemanow, Movielink, Amazon, unbox and the list goes on. Look at the growing numbers of players in the Internet video space. Believe the recent statistics on video viewed...

Broadband Soapbox: Speed Reality Check.
November 6, 2007... Anyone here been to Japan, Korea, or France lately? As noted in today's lead story, the Communications Workers of America claim the median real-time download speed in the United States is 1.9 Mbps, while claimed download numbers for Japan...

SCTE Announcements.
November 6, 2007... Shape the Direction of SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2008 Your input is vital. Play a key role in helping SCTE plan the most comprehensive and valuable Expo experience possible. Please take a few minutes to complete a brief survey on workshop topics...

Pipeline Profile: Tom Kennedy.
November 6, 2007... SCTE member since 2001 Title: Director, Cable Strategy and Business Development, Harmonic Broadband Background: Kennedy is responsible for cable strategy and business development at Harmonic. He joined Harmonic from Broadbus...

ITU Reaches Agreement.(International Telecommunications Union)(Cable Television Laboratories Inc.)
November 13, 2007... IP, HDTV Proposals Approved The International Telecommunications Union study group for broadband services approved IP and advanced HDTV proposals during its meetings held Oct. 29-Nov. 2 at CableLabs. These proposals now will go to the...

Engineering News.
November 13, 2007... SDV Troubleshooting Switched digital video (SDV) is a hot topic these days, with many North American cable operators either deploying the technology or getting ready to do so in the next few months. Less extensively explored has been the...

Broadband Soapbox: WiMAX vs. Wi-Fi.
November 13, 2007... Here's a letter we received in response to a Broadband Soapbox question about whether it would be better for cable operators to jump into Wi-Fi now or wait for WiMAX. This letter came in before last week's cancellation of the WiMAX...

SCTE Announcements.
November 13, 2007... ET 2008 Awards Nominations Due Friday! SCTE seeks your nominations for the 2008 Emerging Technologies Awards - IP Innovator, Polaris, and Star of Integrity. Learn more/submit your nominations at http://scte.org/content/index.cfm?pID=153....

Pipeline Profile: Brian Cappellani.
November 13, 2007... Title: CTO, VP Engineering, Sigma Systems Broadband Background: Cappellani has more than a dozen years in telecommunications. Prior to joining Sigma, he worked for Accenture, both internally and in the firm's telecom practices, in roles...

Praise for Bonding.(Editorial)
November 20, 2007... Let's Not Forget the Basics Lots of praise for Jonathan Kramer's November article "Give Me your Bond: Electricity, Grounding and Cable" came in to us and to the author. (See below for a sample.) Thanks for the feedback. It's nice to...

Engineering News.
November 20, 2007... DOCSIS Migration Methodology The DOCSIS network is continuing to be pressed to deliver more throughput and speeds as more users and services are added. Without a systematic way to analyze and plan the upgrades, this process can be costly...

Broadband Soapbox: SDV, Troubleshooting and Communication.
November 20, 2007... In Gino Dion's profile at right, it sounds very much like successful SDV troubleshooting will have to be something of a silo-buster - very little can be done in isolation, and the various affected parties will need a shared view of the...

SCTE Announcements.(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers)
November 20, 2007... 'Integrator or Pipeline? Transcending Transport in a Hyperconnected World' That's the theme of SCTE Conference on Emerging Technologies (ET) 2008. Register today and anticipate an insightful exchange of high-level, strategic views of the...

Pipeline Profile: Gino Dion.
November 20, 2007... SCTE member since 2007 Title: Vice President, Business Development, IneoQuest Technologies Broadband Background: Dion joined IneoQuest in April 2007 from Alcatel- Lucent, where he was principal engineer in the CTO office. During his...

Business Services.
November 27, 2007... Potential Jackpot Cable operators seeking to advance the charge into the commercial market have peppered the news this month with announcements. Comcast revealed that it will host a suite of Microsoft's SMB communications products,...

Engineering News.(seminars of carrier-to-noise ratio by Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers)(Brief article)(Column)
November 27, 2007... Broadband: What's Your CNR? "How many of you have measured the carrier-to-noise ratio (CNR) of downstream digitally modulated signals on your system?" When I ask that question at SCTE seminars, rarely do more than a couple attendees...

Broadband Soapbox: What's up with the FCC? (and all the 7s?).
November 27, 2007... As noted in yesterday's issue of CT Reports there's a public meeting taking place at the Federal Communications Commission today (Tues., Nov. 27) that could lead to greater regulation of the cable industry in the United States. Just...

SCTE Announcements.(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers)
November 27, 2007... See What's in Store for ET - and Register Today "Integrator or Pipeline? Transcending Transport in a Hyperconnected World." That's the theme of SCTE Conference on Emerging Technologies (ET) 2008. Register today and anticipate an...

Excerpts from Stemper Keynote.
November 27, 2007... Bill Stemper on Business Services Bill Stemper was named president of Comcast Business Services in August 2006. He was previously VP of Cox Business Services. Prior to that, he held executive positions with AT&T. Here are some excerpts...