Communications Technology this Month
February 1999

Features

Countdown to Digital
General Instrument's Joseph Waltrich outlines how to plan for a smooth digital launch in your system.

Break Ground on Tomorrow's Build
Cable Constructors' Jim Chartre explains how to launch a solid plan for your next rebuild or upgrade.

Information Delivery To the Home/Office
Times Fiber Communications' Chris Huffman illuminates the concept of the residential gateway as a practical interface for various outside services to the home.

Get in the Expansion Loop
Trilogy Communications' James Scelsi describes an expansion-loop test mechanism and process that improves on the old "eyeball" test.

Open Cable Status Report
Consultant Robert Wells offers an update on the progress of OpenCable specifications.

Power Up for HFC Telephony
ANTEC's Dan Paone discusses the cost-efficiency of local powering for hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) telephony.

Backup to the Future
Victoria Benz of Batteries Plus runs down some high-tech battery oprtions of today and tomorrow.

Lightning!
TCA Cable's Robert Baker explains how lightning works and how to protect your system from its ravages.

Columns

Hranac - Notes for the Technologist
CT Senior Technical Editor Ron Hranac lays out various methods of headend combining to deal with impedance mismatches.

Focus on Telephony
KnowledgeLink's Justin Junkus highlights a fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC) option in telephony over cable.

From the SCTE-List
SCTE-List administrator David Devereaux-Weber shares List correspondence on trunk amo specs - what specifications are good and why.

The Data Game
Convergence.com's Terry Wright elaborates on the importance and functions of good network management.

SCTE on the Job
SCTE Director of Training Alan Babcock reveals how to improve Broadband Communications Technician/Engineer (BCT/E) exams and earn recertification units (RUs) at the same time.

President's Message
Newly elected Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers President John Clark provides a glimpse of what's coming in '99.

News & Opinion

Editor's Letter - Reflections
SCTE Update
Deployment Watch
Technology Deployments throughout the industry.
Marketplace
New products in cable telecommunications engineering.

Reference

Bookshelf
Vendor Connection
Your resource for advertisers appearing in this month's issue.
Training
Training tips from the NCTI.

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