Communications Technology this Month
April 1999

Features

DBS vs. Cable
CT Senior Editor Doug Larson provides a blow-by-blow update on the prizefight between cable and direct broadcast.

The Value of Network Monitoring
Barco's Nick Fielibert and Peter Boon underline the role of network monitoring in maintaining and improving subscriber satisfaction.

SCTE Standards Development
Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers Director of Standards Ted Woo covers what's new in network management.

Composite Triple Beat
Today's high operating levels and great channel loadings have brought CTB back to fore, so Pangrac and Associates consultant Henry Kallina provides some background and tips for conquering it.

The Build
Check out CT's newest section, focusing on the construction and training aspects of our industry.

Comcast Bites on Harmonic DWDM System

Bulletproof Your Drops
CT Senior Technical Editor Ron Hranac demonstrates how to build a trouble-free drop, by the numbers

Power Play
Applied Professional Training's Steven Blume checks the cabling structures and fiber construction techniques of electric utility companies for potential crossover to cable.

Training by the NCTI
Multiple Outlet Requirements

Columns

Interview with a Leader
CT Editor-in-Chief Rex Porter talks with Walt Ciciora, both as a person and as an engineering leader.

Hranac - Notes for the Technologist
CT Senior Technical Editor Ron Hranac ponders the great burning question of our time: Why don't engineers have groupies?

Focus on Telephony
KnowledgeLink's Justin Junkus explains the workings of the Internet protocol (IP) telephony networks of the future.

Return Path
CT Editor Jennifer Whalen probes the state of Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) certification.

The Data Game
Terry Wright examines some of the issues you'll face in deploying new telecommunications services

From the SCTE List
SCTE-List administrator David Devereaux-Weber taps the List as a resource in solving a hum problem.

SCTE on the Job
Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers Director of Training Alan Babcock builds a plan for pay-for-performance.

Industry Perspective
Microsoft's John Canning speaks from the software side, suggesting that we give the people what they want - freedom of choice in broadband services.

SCTE Message
Chris Bowick, chairman of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers Cable-Tecprogram Subcommittee, offers a preview of Expo '99's attractions.

News & Opinion

Editor's Letter - Vendor Days: Cooperation Exemplified
SCTE Update
Deployment Watch - Technology deployments throughout the industry.
Marketplace - New products in cable telecommunications engineering.

Reference

Training - Training tips from the NCTI.
Vendor Connection
Bookshelf

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