30 10, 2019
  • Technology Trends in Cable

Technology Trends In Cable

2023-08-28T12:53:32-04:00October 30th, 2019|

Low Latency DOCSIS, RF is sexy again, 5G, 10G, Coherent Optics and more Hello Everyone.  This is episode 52 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS.  I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This.  With us is, John Downey, in the flesh.   John is also CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John.  Also with us is Mia Colabrese of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. Today we are going to discuss Technology Trends in Cable.  BUT First - John

24 09, 2019
  • DOCSIS cable connector basics

DOCSIS Cable Connector Basics

2021-08-15T18:35:46-04:00September 24th, 2019|

Craft issues in coax can create havoc later on... Happy Friday Everyone. Today is September 20th and this is episode 51 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS. I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. With us is, John Downey, who will strike a pose at this years SCTE EXPO. John is also CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John. Also with us is Rich Maroney Product Line Manager Coaxial Cable from PPC. Today we are going to discuss

21 08, 2019
  • High Latency

High Latency is “Killing” you

2019-08-21T10:30:19-04:00August 21st, 2019|

Why is Low Latency DOCSIS Relevant to Gameplay and Why You Should Care Gaming is a billion-dollar industry with billions of players, and they use broadband to get there. I’ve spent a lot of time discussing the importance of low latency DOCSIS over the last couple of years on my podcast and YouTube channel. Let’s dive into it a bit more. Low latency or ping is desirable to achieve smoother gameplay and a user experience without lagging. If the ping is around 1000 milliseconds or higher, it’s definitely

19 08, 2019
  • DOCSIS 3.1 Upstream

DOCSIS 3.1 Upstream

2021-08-15T18:39:37-04:00August 19th, 2019|

Happy Friday Everyone.  Today is July 12th and this is episode 50 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS.  I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This.  With us is, John Downey. John is also CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John.    Todays show overview: FDX / CBR-8 - Is it dead at CISCO? Node plus Zero DOCSIS 3.1 Upstream - General discussion Low Latency  / ESports OFDMA Remote-PHY ATDMA 85Mhz systems Bonding groups Profiles in the upstream Different and challenging

24 06, 2019
  • Low latency

Low Latency and Virtualization

2021-08-15T18:44:51-04:00June 24th, 2019|

Happy Friday Everyone.  Today is June 14th and this is episode 48 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS.  I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This.  With us is, John Downey. John is also CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John.    AQM (active que management) Mini slot proactive grant service OFDMA John thank you for your time today. This was a great episode. Our next Episode 49 is scheduled in July 12. We do our best to bring our

16 05, 2019

DOCSIS 3.1 and FDX

2021-08-15T18:47:04-04:00May 16th, 2019|

Happy Friday Everyone. Today is May 10 and this is episode 47 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS. I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. With us today is: John Downey, CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco. Today’s topic is a discussion on DOCSIS 3.1 and FDX. But also: Ethernet over Coax Overlay Modulated Signal Over coming barriers point to point wireless FDX brings more upstream speed but needs R-PHY to go 1GIG service 4 upstream channels from 5 to

18 03, 2019
  • PNM Round Table with Larry Wolcott and CableLabs

PNM Round Table with Brady Volpe, Comcast, CableLabs, Cisco

2021-08-15T18:53:49-04:00March 18th, 2019|

Happy Friday Everyone. Today is March 15 and this is episode 46 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS. I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. With us today is: John Downey, CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco. Larry Wolcott PNM Round Table with special guests Larry Wolcott (SCTE Member of the year) Leader at Comcast’s Next Generation Technology Group Jason Rupe Principal Architect, Wired, R&D of CableLabs. Today’s topic is a follow up on last year's popular PNM show and

20 02, 2019
  • R-PHY DAA

R-PHY / DAA Round Table follow up with Brady Volpe, Arris, Cisco and Harmonic

2021-08-16T08:15:06-04:00February 20th, 2019|

Happy Friday Everyone.  Today is February 15 and this is episode 45 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS.  I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. With us today is John Downey, CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco, Asaf Matatyaou Vice President of Solutions and Product Management, for Cable Edge Business, Harmonic and Tal Laufer, Director of Product Line Management at ARRIS. Today’s topic is a follow up on last year's popular R-PHY / DAA show.  Asaf and Tal will each take 15

22 01, 2019
  • Tech Talk Friday

Broadband Tech Talk Friday

2021-08-16T08:18:25-04:00January 22nd, 2019|

Happy Friday Everyone. Today is January 18 and this is episode 44 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS. I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. With us is, John Downey, the Ant Man of Cable. John is also CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John. Today’s topic is a show discussing a full range of technology topics. But first... <In the News> Netflix thinks ‘Fortnite’ is a bigger competitor than other streaming services [marketwatch.com] Netflix Loses 8% of

3 10, 2018
  • R-PHY and Orchestration Lessons Learned with ARRIS and CISCO

R-PHY and Orchestration with ARRIS, CISCO and Brady Volpe

2021-08-15T18:56:57-04:00October 3rd, 2018|

Happy Friday Everyone.  Today is September 28th and this is episode 42 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS.  I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This.  With us is, John Downey, the Van Dam of Cable.   John is also CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John.  Also with us is Tal Laufer who in her sleep orchestrates 1’s and 0’s into beautiful broadband magic, Tal is also Director, Product Manager Network Intelligence and Automation at ARRIS, welcome back Tal.

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