9 09, 2015
  • DOCSIS 3.1 breakfast

BTR Tech Breakfast DOCSIS 3.1 Revisited

2015-09-09T11:30:00-04:00September 9th, 2015|

BTR Tech Breakfast Encore! DOCSIS 3.1 Revisited See Brady on the BTR panel Part of the SCTE Media Breakfast Program Date: Thursday, October 15 Time: 8:00-9:00 am Location: New Orleans Convention Center Room: 271-273 The new DOCSIS 3.1 spec will bring with it a host of advantages for the cable operator in both speed and bandwidth. However, DOCSIS 3.1 roll-outs will not be "plug and play" easy in all cases. This is a FREE event Join BTR and a panel of industry experts for the DOCSIS 3.1 command

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17 08, 2015
  • Get Your Tech On

WPA exploits as well as WiFi security flaws

2021-08-17T08:21:42-04:00August 17th, 2015|

WPA exploits, WiFi security flaws and WEP Hacking Episode 14 Hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm with guest John Downey.  Today we have news, updates from the Proactive Network Maintenance meeting at CableLabs F2F in Colorado last week, SCTE Expo is less than two months away and your questions, our answers. In the NEWS SCTE Cable Tec Expo is less than two months away in New Orleans Brady's workshop is on PNM Operational Practices - making PNM successful in your cable system John's paper is it on DOCSIS

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22 07, 2015

DOCSIS – Change is Coming and it is Good

2021-11-24T09:43:56-05:00July 22nd, 2015|

DOCSIS - Change is Coming and it is Good Everyone is talking about it. Everyone in cable will be impacted by it. You may not realize it but DOCSIS 3.1 will change the cable industry — whether cable operator, vendor or consumer. Even if you don’t plan to upgrade to DOCSIS 3.1 you will be impacted. There are two fundamental technologies that DOCSIS 3.1 has me excited about. First, DOCSIS 3.1 enables gigabit speeds, which allows us to extend the life of coax cable without the expense of

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20 07, 2015
  • DOCSIS 3.1

DOCSIS Online

2021-08-18T10:05:06-04:00July 20th, 2015|

DOCSIS Reboot… Everybody is talking about DOCSIS 3.1 and the technology surrounding it.  In the coming months I will cover both the emerging technology of DOCSIS and how it impacts our careers, our subscribers and our industry with a focus on DOCSIS 3.1.  This is an opportunity to discuss both the technical aspects of the DOCSIS specifications and then discuss the impacts. As an example, when we first introduced quality of service (QoS) in the DOCSIS 1.1 specification there were a lot of items that were not quite tangible.

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29 06, 2015
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ANGACOM, DOCSIS 3.1, PNM, Wifi and Next Generation TV review

2021-08-17T08:46:11-04:00June 29th, 2015|

Next Generation TV, ANGACOM, DOCSIS 3.1, PNM and review Episode 13 Hosted by Brady Volpe was joined by John Downey discussing Next Generation TV, smart TV, OFDM, WiFi issues in the home and how they impact the cable operator, operational changes requires to be proactive and not reactive in the cable plant, DOCSIS 3.1 & other cable topics from plus many other topics including PNM (Proactive Network Maintenance) and answering several questions from followers. ANGACOM was really quite big this year with over 20k attendees, consisting of 4k vendors and 17k operator attendees

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11 05, 2015
  • Get Your Tech On

INTX The Internet & Television Expo Review – Episode 12

2021-08-17T08:49:48-04:00May 11th, 2015|

INTX The Internet & Television Expo Review Episode 12 hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm and Nimble This with guest John Downey with discussion highlights on INTX The Internet and Television Expo plus many other topics including PNM (Proactive Network Maintenance), DOCSIS 3.1 and answering several questions from followers. We do our best to bring our audience great technical content every month. You can watch us live on the air or catch our recorded episodes on YouTube. Or download our audio only version with your favorite podcatcher. If

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13 04, 2015
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DOCSIS Internet Security – internet security and recommended best practices Episode 11

2021-08-17T09:01:26-04:00April 13th, 2015|

DOCSIS Internet Security Episode 11 Brady Volpe was joined by John Downey, Dan Hegglin and Brian Wilson discussing the challenges cable operators face with DOCSIS internet security and recommended best practices they can follow to secure their networks from DDoS, DoS, DNS, High Value Targets and many more. More about Dan Hegglin of Cisco and Brain Wilson of Alcatel-Lucent Brian has been in the IT Security & Cable industry for just at 20 years. He started his career in the US Army in the Signal Corps and has worked since with many

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26 01, 2015
  • Get Your Tech On

Full Band Capture a Spectrum Analyzer in DOCSIS Cable Modem Episode 9

2021-08-17T09:11:29-04:00January 26th, 2015|

DOCSIS 3.0 Full Band Capture and So Much More Episode 9 Hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm and Nimble This with guest John Downey of Cisco.  Brady and John cover the benefits of the latest technology available (full band capture) in DOCSIS 3.0 cable modems such as: Full band capture offering spectrum analyzer functionality in every subscriber home with DOCSIS 3.0 modem Extended transmit power allowing cable modems higher transmit power when in bonded modem with the new CableLabs ECR Built-in FTP transfer allowing local speedtest functionality PNM

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22 12, 2014
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DOCSIS Load Balancing Continued Episode 8

2021-08-17T09:20:34-04:00December 22nd, 2014|

DOCSIS Load Balancing Continued, DOCSIS 3.1 and other questions answered Episode 8 Hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm and Nimble This with guest John Downey of Cisco.  Brady and John cover what DOCSIS load balancing is all about, best practices for load balancing, and common challenges faced with DOCSIS load balancing.  The guys also go over some Q&A from the audience and write-in questions from viewers. If you have questions about an episode or have a suggestion for a new topic write in on comments. We do

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