Communications Technology this Month

Features

Point-to-Point Communications
Advance Newhouse Tampa Bay deploys a SONET and ATM architecture to meet its ever-evolving point-to-point communications needs.

Evolving IP Backbones
Operators face a range of legacy and new transport options in fashioning an IP backbone that can carry more traffic and deliver greater returns.

The All-Digital Network
As the deadline approaches for broadcasters to transition to digital, cable operators will need to rethink the way they deliver services.

Columns

Broadband
Ron Hranac reports on the American Radio Relay League's success at handling complaints by ham radio operators about RF interference. He outlines "do's and dont's" that operators can follow to resolve complaints when they occur.

Telephony
Telephony Editor Justin Junkus reviews a variety of methods for measuring voice quality in a packet network.

SCTE Message
Motorola's Ginny Morris provides readers with a sneak peek at what they'll find in the exhibit hall at the 20th anniversary Cable-Tec Expo, May 11-14 in Philadelphia.

News & Opinion

Editor's Letter

Optimize

• Software from iglass that samples data from the MAC layer is helping Time Warner, Raleigh/Fayetteville, N.C., improve its capacity for network diagnosis
• Cutting integration costs for VOD is a widely shared goal. Deployments continue to face delays, but a service broker platform from N2 Broadband is aiming to accelerate the pace and increase an MSO's options

Maximize

• Home networking is a money-making proposition. Featured is an update on Cox's rollout and Comcast's trials
  
• Cell backhaul sounds new, but Cox has been doing it for 10 years. Technology from Narad Networks could make this an even more attractive market for MSOs serving businesses

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