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PodSnacks: Cable Modem

Posted Thursday, May 08, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Today we spend a little time in the world of the cable television industry, and we look at a piece of equipment you probably have in your home or business if you get voice, Internet , or transport data services from your local cable company . The device Read More...

PodSnacks: Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS)

Posted Thursday, March 27, 2008 6:00 PM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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The title of our PodSnack for today is a mouthful, but the concept is not so complex. When the cable companies decided to use their video networks to deliver other services, they needed new technology. Specifically, they needed the protocols and equipment Read More...

PodSnacks: Community Antenna Television

Posted Friday, November 16, 2007 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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I'm up to my ears working on a new series of ExperTech titles that will provide a complete basic curriculum on telecommunications, including voice, video, and data. The first course has a historical time-line of each type of network, which got me Read More...

tHAWT Episode #64: Gobbled by Google

Posted Sunday, July 15, 2007 1:58 PM by thindson :: 0 Comments
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This episode is another Friday the 13th episode and between Michel, Paul and I we certainly had enough incidents during the day to have us start believing in superstitions. Paul was even talking about St Swithin's Day which I think is why he was fixed Read More...

For our friends in Omaha

Posted Friday, June 08, 2007 9:59 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Today we had a conference call with a customer of ours. The purpose of the call was to meet with their managers and discuss the general state of the industry and give them some insights on what the future might hold. Below are some of the links that were Read More...

Broadband deployment in rural areas

Posted Friday, May 11, 2007 8:53 AM by davet :: 2 Comments
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In an earlier post , I brought up the topic of e-state status for Vermont. Being an e-state means that broadband Internet access is available to everyone, where the definition of broadband is a speed of over 200 kbps in one direction. The Vermont Department Read More...

tHAWT Episode #40: It's Cold In Them Thar Networks

Posted Sunday, January 28, 2007 5:07 PM by ntodd :: 0 Comments
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In this episode , Dave, Paul, and Todd huddled together around a burning copy of Telecommunications Magazine for warmth as they discussed whether cable can snatch part of the SMB pie, and how disruptive that might be. Paul also hinted with his usual subtlety Read More...

Franchise, Franchise, Who's Got the Franchise?

Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 3:00 PM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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In an opinion piece entitled Franchise Freedom in the January 2nd edition of the Wall Street Journal (the article can only be accessed if you have a subscription, but an excerpt can be found on the Benton Foundation website), the author applauds the FCC Read More...

First, Do No Harm?

Posted Thursday, December 21, 2006 8:58 AM by ntodd :: 2 Comments
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BizWeek has an interesting take on yesterday's FCC ruling: The FCC tried to make it easier for the phone companies by requiring local regulators to vote within 90 days on TV franchise applications. It also said the local regulators can't impose Read More...

tHAWT Episode 31: Black Friday Musings

Posted Friday, November 24, 2006 9:02 AM by ntodd :: 0 Comments
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In this episode , Dave and Todd emerge from tryptophan-induced comas and avoid the Black Friday crush by podcasting in relative safety about iPod and IP video, the Library of Congress, and telcos versus the cable companies yet again. Todd even makes a Read More...

Cable Companies Work Towards Quad Play, Adding Cellular

Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 10:04 AM by msteinberg :: 0 Comments
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In today's USAToday, it was reported that Comcast and Time Warner Cable will be partnering with Spring/Nextel to offer cellphone coverage, and expand their video-Internet-home voice triple play. Comcast (the largest cable company in the US) and Time Read More...

tHAWT 23 – Bernie and Sol: Leaders or Bleeders?

Posted Friday, September 29, 2006 2:21 PM by davet :: 2 Comments
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In this episode , Mark, Trevor, and Dave discuss the subject of telecom leadership that is raised with Bernie going to jail and Sol under fire. Most people are aware of Bernie Ebbers and his exploits at Worldcom, now they can learn about Sol Trujillo, Read More...

tHAWT Episode #22 - What Would John Malone YouTube?

Posted Friday, September 22, 2006 12:04 PM by ntodd :: 3 Comments
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In this episode , Dave and Todd revisit John Malone's dance with Murdoch and DirecTV, and discuss how the cable companies continue to turn their triple plays, results of the latest wireless auction, advertising trends and the exploding YouTube phenomenon. Read More...

The challenges of the satellite business

Posted Monday, September 18, 2006 4:51 PM by davet :: 1 Comments
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This article in today's New York Times is an interesting follow on to the themes discussed in last Friday's tHAWT . The author does a great job of identifying the challenges for satellite providers as cable and telco networks bring their triple Read More...