FTTH Council Crowns Cox Competitor</h1> <article> <h1>FTTH Council Crowns Cox Competitor</h1> <p>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> The Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Council presented its annual North American Star Award to South Louisiana-based service provider EATEL. In business through its subsidiary East Ascension Telephone Company since 1935, EATEL began deploying fiber to homes in 2004. The company brings local and long distance phone... </article> <article> <h1>Venerable Queen Goes Wireless</h1> <p>Wed, 2 Sep 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> It has 14 art deco salons, a boatload of history and an illustrious career dating back to 1936. Permanently anchored some four decades ago and used as a luxury hotel and conference center in Long Beach, Calif., the Queen Mary has now gone wireless. But cutting the cords has been no pleasure cruise. The... </article> <article> <h1>A Look Back: Ice Storm of 2009</h1> <p>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> It's a little odd to think about ice storms in August, but the time to plan is beforehand, not during or afterward. Both preparation and recovery take time, lots of time. The chilling ice storm that ripped through parts of Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky and Missouri in late January left an indelible, and painful... </article> <article> <h1>Cox Backbone Grows with ROADMs</h1> <p>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> As data and video traffic grow, so too must an operator’s optical backbone. Capital costs can be significant, but an integrated network can reduce overall costs and greatly simplify management and the deployment of new services. Reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADMs) are playing an... </article> <article> <h1>NPG Blooms in Desert, Elsewhere</h1> <p>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> Laying a fiber ring in the desert vastness between Las Vegas and Phoenix presented NPG Cable with some unique challenges; dodging endangered snakes and avoiding historical wagon tracks among them. But three years later, NPG is maximizing its VOD content, is 100 percent VoIP with 20 percent market... </article> <article> <h1>Prime Time Upgrades to MPEG-4 in Utah</h1> <p>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> Prime Time Communications has expanded HD services to subscribers in Salt Lake City by upgrading to MPEG-4. The changeover took two weeks in May and involved 3800 customers. “We pulled techs from every locations around the country, with appointments going from 7 am to 10:00 pm,” said Bryon... </article> <article> <h1>Case Study: Bright House Deploys tru2way</h1> <p>Mon, 1 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> Successfully implementing tru2way requires significant planning and preparation.... </article> <article> <h1>All-Digital</h1> <p>Sun, 1 Mar 2009 0:00:00 EST</p> Basic vs. digital subs, truck rolls or self-install, set-tops and DTAs, MPEG-2 vs. MPEG-4, legacy vs. open CA, regulatory compliance or waiver, large or small MSO - the all-digital equation has many variables.... </article> <article> <h1>NCTC Ops Switch, Pull and Reclaim</h1> <p>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 0:00:00 EST</p> Three small cable operators offered status reports on their respective spectrum management plans at the National Cable Television Cooperative's annual Winter Educational Conference in Charlotte, NC, yesterday (Feb. 23.) The three executives addressed three separate technologies. Massillon Cable President Bob... </article> <article> <h1>Case Study: Fiber-Deep, 5 Years Later</h1> <p>Wed, 1 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT</p> Suddenlink looks back on its first experiment with fiber-deep architecture.... </article> </main></body></html>