SPATIALinfo Demos Map Tool</h1> <article> <h1>SPATIALinfo Demos Map Tool</h1> <p>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST</p> At last week’s Cable-Tec Expo, SPATIALinfo’s demonstrated its spatialOFFLINE, which is able to display network... </article> <article> <h1>T&M Trends Update</h1> <p>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> It's no secret that these are challenging times for the cable industry. While MSOs remain somewhat recession-proof (click here for recent Comcast revenue growth) they face increasing competition from satellite, IPTV and other video providers. For testing and measurement (T&M) vendors, these challenges... </article> <article> <h1>Redefining MTTR</h1> <p>Wed, 1 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> A comprehensive and consistent approach to mean-time-to-repair helps keep things running smoothly.... </article> <article> <h1>Space Weather</h1> <p>Wed, 1 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> It sounds like the product of some sci-fi writer’s imagination. But it’s real.... </article> <article> <h1>Broadband: It's a 'Green' Thing</h1> <p>Mon, 1 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> In the business we call cable, it's all too easy to get caught up in our day-to-day jobs with little time to be concerned about just how the things we're doing and the equipment we're using might affect the bigger world around us. Indeed, for a long time, being "green" was something that only... </article> <article> <h1>Bullpen: VOD Operation Followup</h1> <p>Mon, 1 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> The "VOD: Care and Feeding" article in CT's December 2008 issue (available online at http://www.cable360.net/ct/operations/bestpractices/32737.html) generated a lot of interest and followup questions. Several of the most frequent will be answered here. But first, let's review a couple of concepts... </article> <article> <h1>High-Speed Internet Woes</h1> <p>Mon, 1 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> Sometimes 'high-speed' isn't, and the problem can be anywhere between the sub and the Internet itself.... </article> <article> <h1>Broadband: Signal Leakage in an All-Digital Network: The Continuing Story</h1> <p>Fri, 1 May 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> Judging from the feedback to my February column on leakage issues in all-digital networks, this is a topic that's clearly quite important to the industry. One point made by many of those who shared their comments had to do with keeping ingress under control, given what is believed to be the reduced... </article> <article> <h1>QAM Signals on Spectrum Analyzers</h1> <p>Fri, 1 May 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> When viewed on a spectrum analyzer, QAM channel levels often look a lot lower than they actually are. What gives?... </article> <article> <h1>Broadband: Another Look at Upstream 64-QAM</h1> <p>Wed, 1 Apr 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> My April 2007 column highlighted the efforts of Midcontinent Communications, a Midwestern cable operator, to deploy upstream 64-QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) in a half-dozen nodes (www.cable360.net/ct/operations/bestpractices/22839.html). As of late 2008, the company had rolled out 6.4 MHz bandwidth... </article> </main></body></html>