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27 06, 2017

Virtual CCAP – Technology Recap R-PHY, FDX, IPTV and NDF/NDR

Mia Colabrese2021-08-16T15:38:13-04:00June 27th, 2017|

Technology recap R-PHY, FDX, Virtual CCAP, IPTV, NDF/NDR and more Episode 29 “Technology recap R-PHY, FDX, Virtual CCAP, IPTV, NDF/NDR and more" ANGACOM 2017 was very exciting this year with a lot of exciting products and interesting ideas. Remote-PHY, FDX technologies where featured as was a virtual CCAP solution. IPTV was also heavily featured, a new German company debuted it's 10G Ethernet overlay network and an interesting NDF/NDR solution was also displayed. Brady will discuss all the technologies seen and this will build up to feature podcasts where we plan on

18 01, 2016

May the Force be with Operational Challenges, Industry Trends, DOCSIS 3.1 and Star Wars

Mia Colabrese2021-08-16T20:24:54-04:00January 18th, 2016|

May the Force be with Operational Challenges, Industry Trends, DOCSIS 3.1 and Star Wars Episode 18 Hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm and Nimble This. Guest John Downey, CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems. Today we are going to focus on your questions and provide our answers. If we don’t have answers we promise to make up answers so convincingly true that you will never know the difference. Just kidding. DOCSIS 3.1 operational challenges. In the NEWS According to Cablelabs, The certification of five vendors marks the largest

29 09, 2014

SCTE EXPO 2014 Technology Review Episode 6

Mia Colabrese2021-08-17T09:32:14-04:00September 29th, 2014|

SCTE EXPO 2014 Technology Review Episode 6 Hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm and Nimble This with Guest John Downey of Cisco. With a review of SCTE EXPO. The discussion is on all things DOCSIS. Tips, suggestions and recommendations. Another power hour of cable with Brady Volpe and John Downey CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco. The discussion is on all things DOCSIS. Discussion Highlights DOCSIS 3.1 Symposium Remote PHY PNM Wi-Fi SCTE EXPO 2014 Show Highlights Best give aways We do our best to bring our audience

15 07, 2014

Software vs Hardware Solutions in Cable Industry

Mia Colabrese2022-01-07T11:39:46-05:00July 15th, 2014|

Why Software Solutions (SaaS) Should be Getting a Closer Look The cable industry is traditionally a hardware solution focused industry. In a nut shell, there are AMPs, coax and RF signals. Eventually we migrated into hardware and mixed software solutions with SNMP and the emergence of DOCSIS. Today more then ever the cable industry is seeing a larger migration towards software and cloud-based solutions including software defined networks or SDN. I often get the question which is better? Hardware is more embedded and something operators understand, you can hold it in

4 06, 2014

ANGACOM 2014 Always Worth a Technology Look

Mia Colabrese2020-04-04T11:45:58-04:00June 4th, 2014|

ANGACOM 2014 in this year was an exciting and well organized convention of international cable operators. The weather was fantastic, which is really worth mentioning. The technology in cable is always progressing and this year DOCSIS 3.1 and proactive technologies took center stage. For those of you not familiar, the ANGACOM Cable Show is Europe’s leading Business Platform for Broadband Operators and Content Providers for over 10 years and is hosted annually in Cologne Germany. A general theme on the show floor was the continued progression to the

23 05, 2014

Reduce Ingress and Egress – Simple is Genius

Mia Colabrese2022-05-16T15:47:05-04:00May 23rd, 2014|

It's a smart idea that doesn't cost a lot more than a regular splitter and also helps reduce ingress. It's called BarrIER technology by Teleste. BarrIER® technology is an innovative solution for reducing ingress/egress that addresses the complete in-home interconnect domain and solves the problem of maintaining adequate C/N levels. Using BarrIER® will reduce the need for manual maintenance work, greatly reduce operational costs, and incrementally increase service reliability and enhance network performance".

20 11, 2013

PNM – Proactive Network Maintenance – SCTE EXPO 2013 – Fresh Tech

Mia Colabrese2020-04-02T12:44:14-04:00November 20th, 2013|

PNM - Proactive Network Maintenance CableLabs Booth - SCTE EXPO 2013 - Fresh Tech The PNM demonstration in the CableLabs booth was very popular at this years SCTE EXPO as was Armstrong and Comcast. Both very impressive. Comcast's demonstration of their PNM Scout Flux solution by the SCTE Pavilion was most impressive. It won the BTR 4.5 diamond award in 2012, but it is not for sale. Now Comcast has been working on their solution for over five (5) years with a team of smart people working on

18 11, 2013

Next Gen Spectrum Analyzer – SCTE EXPO 2013 – Fresh Tech

Mia Colabrese2013-11-18T09:00:38-05:00November 18th, 2013|

Next Gen Spectrum Analyzer SCTE EXPO 2013 - Fresh Tech At this years SCTE EXPO equipment and software venders were showing they knew they need to keep an eye to the future. Already featured (Rohde & Schwarz, VeEX, Cisco and Nimble-This) JDSU showed a nifty next gen spectrum analyzer. Now it's not available to ship until Q2 2014 but it's still worth a look. VSE-1100 Video Spectrum Expert JDSU states it's "the industry’s first converged digital spectrum video analyzer and noise-troubleshooting platform designed for the challenges of the

11 11, 2013

DOCSIS Burst Demod – SCTE EXPO 2013 – Fresh Tech

Mia Colabrese2013-11-11T09:00:21-05:00November 11th, 2013|

DOCSIS Burst Demod SCTE EXPO 2013 - Fresh Tech There were some new and exciting things at this years SCTE. There was a good drum line at the opening event but also there were new products and innovative ideas (Cisco and PNM). In test equipment this year at the SCTE EXPO Rohde and Schwarz, JDSU and VeEx all had some new things on display. None of the items are currently shipping (with the exception of R&S who used existing equipment) but it does show that test equipment vendors are

6 11, 2013

Cisco’s New CMTS and Nodes – SCTE EXPO 2013 – Fresh Tech

Mia Colabrese2013-11-06T09:00:16-05:00November 6th, 2013|

Cisco's New CMTS and Nodes SCTE EXPO 2013 - Fresh Tech Feeling special having been invited into the "whisper suit" at CISCO's booth to get a first look at Cisco's new CMTS and Node. No one was permitted to take photo's so my description will have to be enough. Cisco has gotten completely out of their normal box for their new CMTS. It is much smaller than the traditional 10k. It's also much quieter than the 10k. It also looks cool. Those are the small things... What really