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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

26 07, 2016

DOCSIS 3.1 and PNM SCTE North Country

Mia Colabrese2022-01-07T11:35:02-05:00July 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

DOCSIS 3.1 Clearing Up Misconceptions

Mia Colabrese2021-08-16T20:10:13-04:00May 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.

20 04, 2016

RF Measurements in the Cable Plant

Mia Colabrese2021-08-16T20:15:37-04:00April 20th, 2016|

RF Measurements in the Cable Plant - Learn more about RF Episode 20 Hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm and Nimble This. Guest John Downey, CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems and special guest, Ron Hranac Technical Leader at Cisco Systems. Today’s show we will cover a number of topics including RF measurements and fundamentals. The discussion starts with basic building blocks of the sine wave and evolves to how QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) signals are comprised of sine waves with varying amplitude and phase shifts, which means even though we call

14 12, 2015

Operational Challenges – DOCSIS CMTS Challenges to Operators

Mia Colabrese2021-08-17T08:04:36-04:00December 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

12 11, 2015

GETTING PROACTIVE ABOUT NETWORK MAINTENANCE

Mia Colabrese2023-01-14T17:05:14-05:00November 12th, 2015|

GETTING PROACTIVE ABOUT NETWORK MAINTENANCE Proactive network maintenance (PNM) is more abstract than reacting to a crisis, and therefore, cable operators must have operational practices in place to ensure that once PNM tools are purchased they are used successfully, their benefits are tracked, and the organization is achieving the expected ROI. "Cable operators have been reactive since day one," said Brady Volpe, president and founder of the Volpe Firm. "They know how to fight fires very well. What they want is for the fires not to start. If

28 09, 2015

Hacked – Are You Sure You’re Secure?

Mia Colabrese2021-11-24T09:42:37-05:00September 28th, 2015|

Hacked - Are you sure you're secure? Security has the been a hot topic lately. As I’m writing this article I think about all of the recent events that we hear about impacting our daily lives such as: Hacks of OPM databases compromised 22.1 million people Experts warn 2015 could be 'Year of the Healthcare Hack - reuters.com' Cost of a Potential Blackout From Cybercrime: $1 Trillion - CNBC These headlines are really quite scary. I’m certain that some, possibly many of you have experienced security issues first hand.