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12 06, 2017

Unmanaged DOCSIS WiFi – The Last 100 Maddening Feet

Mia Colabrese2017-06-12T07:59:30-04:00June 12th, 2017|

Yeah Baby - Unmanaged DOCSIS WiFi - The Last 100 Maddening Feet One Billion dollars plus is spent yearly on residential unmanaged DOCSIS WiFi accounts, according to CableLabs. You heard me right and I’m not quoting Austin Powers here. How is this possible? Okay, let’s review: Subscriber’s unmanaged WiFi networks are causing a ton of customer service representative (CSR) calls and over $1 Billion plus dollars in multiple-system operator (MSO) spending. Subscriber unmanaged WiFi is a big dollar and optics issue for the industry. Most subscribers do

17 05, 2017

Remote PHY – What is All the Hype?

Mia Colabrese2021-08-16T16:02:18-04:00May 17th, 2017|

Remote PHY - What is All The Hype? Remote PHY - What's All The Hype? - Today is May 12 and this is episode 28 of Get You Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS. I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. With us is the man who is world famous for being the Van Dam of Cable, John Downey, CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John thanks for coming back again. Today’s episode is a good one. This is Remote PHY -

15 03, 2017

Future Field Operations Technologies Cable

Mia Colabrese2021-08-16T17:11:07-04:00March 15th, 2017|

Future Field Operations Technologies Cable What’s Coming in Field and Operations Technology with Comcast and Cisco Episode 26 of our show on All Things DOCSIS. Hosted by Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. Today we have a fantastic episode for you on Future Field Operations Technologies but first let me introduce our panelists for todays show: With us we have the John Downey, CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems. Larry Wolcott, Comcast Fellow in Operations Technology. Finally, a man who needs little introduction, the esteemed

2 03, 2017

DOCSIS 3.1 – CCAP and Cable Modems the New Rock Stars in Test

Mia Colabrese2021-11-24T09:38:45-05:00March 2nd, 2017|

DOCSIS 3.1 - BOOM - Drop the Mic. CCAP and Cable Modems the New Rock Stars in Test We have always known that DOCSIS rocks but it is just so much cooler than we all thought. In the Winter edition of Broadband Library, I talked about how DOCSIS® 3.1 were beating expectations and performing exceptionally well in production environments. In this article, I want to focus on how the DOCSIS 3.1 specification outlines the test side, which enables operators to maintain deployed systems. Yes, you read that right,

19 12, 2016

DOCSIS 3.1 Beating Expectations, Working and Ready for Service Now

Mia Colabrese2016-12-19T11:18:36-05:00December 19th, 2016|

DOCSIS 3.1 Beating Expectations, Working and Ready for Service Now At this years SCTE Cable Tec Expo, several large MSOs, such as Comcast, made statements that DOCSIS 3.1 is working and it is working with great results. Only the downstream OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) portion is currently supported in DOCSIS 3.1 CMTSs. Upstream OFDMA (orthogonal frequency division multiple access) is supported in the CPE side (aka cable modems), but only one CMTS vendor has support for upstream OFDMA. This is really not considered a show stopper, however.

14 12, 2016

DOCSIS 3.1 Downstream and Upstream

Mia Colabrese2021-08-16T18:43:42-04:00December 14th, 2016|

DOCSIS 3.1 Downstream and Upstream Testing and Throughput Episode 24 Hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm, this video / podcast has a focus on the DOCSIS 3.1 downstream and upstream with a practical review of the latest advancements in DOCSIS 3.1 and practical applications in production systems. Guests include John Downey, CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, Jeff Riddel, Solutions Architect at Cisco Systems and Jason Miller Technical Marketing Engineer at Cisco Systems. Hello Everyone. Today is November 17th and this is episode 24 of our shows on

12 09, 2016

Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) with Larry Wolcott, Leader at Comcast’s Next Gen Technology Group

Mia Colabrese2021-08-16T19:52:13-04:00September 12th, 2016|

Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) with Larry Wolcott, Leader at Comcast’s Next Gen Operations Technology Group Episode 23 Hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm, this podcast will focus on Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) and the next generation in technology in 2016 and a peak of what is to come in 2017. Guest John Downey, CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems. Special Guest Larry Wolcott, Leader at Comcast’s Next Gen Operations Technology Group. Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) Transcription So in our show today we going to have a lot of discussions around proactive

2 09, 2016

How DOCSIS Revolutionized the Cable Industry

Mia Colabrese2024-11-21T13:32:09-05:00September 2nd, 2016|

How DOCSIS Revolutionized the Cable Industry The cable industry is constantly facing competitive threats from companies like Google and Verizon who up the data speed game with fiber optic cable. They compete by offering higher and higher data speeds at lower and lower prices. But before we get into that, let’s look back at the 20 years of DOCSIS history and how DOCSIS has revolutionized the cable industry. Google Fiber Expansion (Source: Google.com) 20 Years Ago - The Internet Emerges The year was 1996. Broadband Library was celebrating

8 08, 2016

Top Reasons Cable Modems are not Getting Expected Speed and CMTS Monitoring

Mia Colabrese2021-08-16T20:05:30-04:00August 8th, 2016|

Cable Modems not Getting Speed - Top Reasons Cable Modems are not Getting Expected Speed and CMTS Monitoring Episode 22 Hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm, Nimble This and Guest John Downey, CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems. Today’s show we will cover cable modems not getting speed and monitoring your CMTS for proper Cable Modem State and Service Flow Operation. At the bottom John has supplied us with his presentation if you would like to listen along with viewing the slides. There were some technically issues

27 07, 2016

DOCSIS 3.1 In Your Plant Now

Mia Colabrese2016-07-27T11:00:12-04:00July 27th, 2016|

DOCSIS 3.1 In Your Plant Now In last month's article we focused on demystifying OFDM in DOCSIS 3.1. If you did not read the article please do, because we are going to now build on what we learned last time in the Broadband Library DOCSIS Online article titled “OFDM, completely new in DOCSIS 3.1”. You can find it in the archives with this link: bit.ly/OFDM3 - Also, for those not familair with bit.ly, its just a URL shortening service. Just click on the link or type it into