2 09, 2016
  • DOCSIS

How DOCSIS Revolutionized the Cable Industry

2024-11-21T13:32:09-05:00September 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

27 07, 2016
  • DOCSIS 3.1 plant

DOCSIS 3.1 In Your Plant Now

2016-07-27T11:00:12-04:00July 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

26 07, 2016
  • SCTE North Country

DOCSIS 3.1 and PNM SCTE North Country

2022-01-07T11:35:02-05:00July 26th, 2016|

If you live in Minnesota and are a member of the SCTE North Country, Brady Volpe will be speaking on DOCSIS 3.1 and PNM at 10 am in Minneapolis for their vendor days. http://www.sctenorthcountry.com Upcoming events can be seen under Broadband Events. Previous events can be seen under the blog. If you are watching this on youtube please hit the subscribe button! Let us know what you think and remember to share! You can find slides at the bottom of the page and some on slideshare. Find out

26 05, 2016
  • Get Your Tech On | The Industry's #1 DOCSIS Podcast

DOCSIS 3.1 Clearing Up Misconceptions

2021-08-16T20:10:13-04:00May 26th, 2016|

DOCSIS 3.1 Clearing Up Misconceptions with DOCSIS 3.1 Spectrum Allocation Episode 21 Hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm and Nimble This, with guest John Downey, CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems. Today’s show we will cover DOCSIS 3.1 spectrum allocation, applications and deployment in existing cable plants. No changes in the existing plants are necessary!  What Cable Operators need to know. In addition, ANGACOM presentation preview by both John Downey and Brady Volpe who will be presenting at ANGACOM this year. Find out what they will be covering.

4 03, 2016
  • OFDM

OFDM, Completely New in DOCSIS 3.1

2023-09-06T19:41:07-04:00March 4th, 2016|

OFDM, Completely New in DOCSIS 3.1 CableLabs has just issued the first DOCSIS 3.1 certifications to five cable modem vendors. These vendors were Askey, Castlenet, Netgear, Technicolor and Ubee Interactive. Cable operators are implementing DOCSIS 3.1 trials and very soon. production systems. Frequently I receive questions about DOCSIS 3.1 such as “is it backwards compatible with DOCSIS 2.0 and 3.0 modems?”, “what are the channel bandwidths?”, “ ”, and many more.  OFDM It Always Begins at the Physical Layer As with my original tutorials on DOCSIS, we start

22 02, 2016
  • Get Your Tech On | The Industry's #1 DOCSIS Podcast

Operator Perspective of Technology Advancements in Cable

2021-08-16T20:20:25-04:00February 22nd, 2016|

Operator Perspective of Technology Advancements in Cable and other interesting facts Episode 19 Hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm and Nimble This Guest John Downey, CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems and special guest, Jeff Finkelstein Executive Director of Network Strategy at Cox Communication. Today’s show we will cover a number of topics including the CableLabs’s Winter conference, NCTC’s Winter Educational conference, SCTE’s Chapter PNM training and more... But first, let’s cover some items happening in the news: CableLabs has announced “A newly unveiled project at CableLabs

18 01, 2016
  • Get Your Tech On | The Industry's #1 DOCSIS Podcast

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

2021-08-16T20:24:54-04:00January 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

18 12, 2015
  • DOCSIS 3.1

Doubling Down on DOCSIS 3.1

2022-01-20T11:36:56-05:00December 18th, 2015|

Doubling Down on DOCSIS 3.1 DOCSIS 3.1 and PNM were hot topics at Cable Tec Expo in New Orleans and in most major publications and articles for 2015.  Comcast is the largest driver of DOCSIS 3.1, but my recommendations are that whether you are a tier 1, tier 2 or even tier 3 cable operator DOCSIS 3.1 should be on your roadmap.  Consumer behavior and technical innovations are leading factors behind this statement and I elaborate below. Consumer Behavior and the State of Internet Traffic Growth In May

14 12, 2015
  • Get Your Tech On

Operational Challenges – DOCSIS CMTS Challenges to Operators

2021-08-17T08:04:36-04:00December 14th, 2015|

Operational Challenges in Cable - CMTS Challenges to Operators Episode 17 Hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm and Nimble This.  Guest John Downey and Steve William TWC Director, Access Network Planning, Design & Operations.  Steve is also a huge supporter of the SCTE, having served as on a number of SCTE chapter and National board positions and is currently serving on our SCTE Board of Directors.  Hello Steve and thanks so much for your support of the SCTE and to our industry.  We will also cover operational challenges

22 10, 2015
  • Get Your Tech On

DOCSIS 3.1, PNM – SCTE CABLE TECH EXPO REVIEW 2015

2021-08-17T08:11:20-04:00October 22nd, 2015|

DOCSIS 3.1, PNM - SCTE CABLE TECH EXPO REVIEW 2015 Episode 16 is hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm and Nimble This with guest John Downey of CISCO systems. Discussion Highlights today we have news, updates from the Cable Tec Expo last week in New Orleans.  And we want to bring our listeners the highlights from the show. Topics today include DOCSIS 3.1, PNM and SCTE In the NEWS SCTE Cable Tec Expo is less than two months away in New Orleans Presentation using FBC DOCSIS 3.1 Proactive Network

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