By Phil McKinney — At CableLabs, we develop and specify technology that allows the cable industry to support the growing requirements of broadband access. Through our 60-member companies around the world, partnerships with top-tier universities and a collaborative ecosystem inside and outside the cable industry, we are able to create global impact.
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By Martha Soehren — SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo is still months away, but here’s one topic that will be on the agenda: how learning paradigms that seamlessly combine education with direct experience increasingly are delivering business results, enabling companies like Comcast to improve the performance and confidence level of newly hired field professionals, while also contributing to improved retention.
Read MoreBy Tom Adams — Since the closing of the transactions with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks in May of 2016, we have been focused on successfully integrating our three legacy entities into a single unified company, with a centralized, well-proven operating approach that, under Tom Rutledge’s leadership, brought legacy Charter through a significant and successful transformation.
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By Bill Warga — Broadband Library’s wide audience makes it a great platform for sharing my thoughts as Chairman of SCTE•ISBE with all of you. I’m honored and privileged to be a part of such a great team and to be working with dedicated fellow Board members to serve every individual and Corporate Alliance Partner Program member in the United States and abroad.
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By Jeff Finkelstein — In the beginning there was DOCSIS 1.0 and small integrated CMTSs with or without telco return. And it was good, but not great.
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By Jeff Finkelstein — Like many of my and later generations, I spent time working in a fast food restaurant as a way to make money while in college. Having gone to college at 16 years old my work choices were limited by: the distance to where my dorm was located as I did not have a car and took public transit.
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By Jeff Finkelstein – The first step major step towards modularity in DOCSIS networks came in the form of M-CMTS. The modular CMTS decomposed the PHY from the MAC by using edge-QAM modulators to provide the physical layer.
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By Jeff Finkelstein – In my last article, I discussed briefly the concept of corporate anti-bodies that try to shut down attempts to advance technology which may solve problems that do not exist yet. If we relied solely on those individuals to make the decisions, it is unlikely things would have moved at the incredible rate of change we have seen in many industries, including ours
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By Jeff Finkelstein – Cable technologies across a diverse range of business fields where technology plays a significant part. While I would not label it strictly a technology-based problem, it is the basis of how many companies enhance their product sets by using new and advanced technologies to drive improvements to customer experience
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By Jeff Finkelstein – Cable technologies move fast, in many cases faster than other parallel service provider industries. From the start of cable technology deployments, we have seen incredible transformations in how we deliver services to our customers. Beginning with the days of forward only outside plant
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