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What is Wrong With Me?

By The Phantom — I, Phanty, started to say something last time, but ran out of space just as I was getting to the point. Now if I can just remember the point I was trying to make, I’ll continue this month and see if I can make said point.

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Gearing Up For Operational Excellence at Expo 2020

By Mark Dzuban — is continuing a lengthy career of telecommunications leadership. Mark has been instrumental in positioning SCTE•ISBE as a leader in energy management and technical education, driving creation of the Energy 2020 program, the CORTEX Expert Development System™

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A Quick Look at S-Parameters

By Ron Hranac — Unless you’re involved with the use of specialized test equipment such as VNAs, S-parameters are likely something you’ve never heard of. At least, perhaps, until recently. In the world of full duplex (FDX) DOCSIS, the S-parameter “S11” is commonly used when discussing an FDX node’s echo cancellation operation.

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The Technologies of Operational Preparedness

By Ed Marchetti — This column is an attempt to impart those learnings, as well as some of the technologies we’re seeing that look promising for operational readiness purposes. The following is a short list of tactics that we deploy during or after a storm or disaster while working to restore services

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There Are No Straight Lines

By Jeff Finkelstein — For those who have been following my column on a regular basis, you may remember a few articles talking about new technologies on the horizon. Just when you think it is safe to get into the technology water, up pops a new technology that confuses things.

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Who/What Are We? (Part 2)

By The Phantom — I, Phanty, started to say something last time, but ran out of space just as I was getting to the point. Now if I can just remember the point I was trying to make, I’ll continue this month and see if I can make said point.

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Who/What Are We?

By The Phantom — We’ll warn you up front: we ain’t telling you nothin’ this quarter. Well, maybe we’d better explain pronto, before you stop reading.

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Ass•u•me

By The Phantom — A long time ago, maybe in a far-off galaxy (I don’t recall for sure), I was informed of what happens when you use that dirty word “assume.”

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