Communications Technology this Month
May 2003

Features

Operator of the Year
Remember the New Economy? And its ideal of a flexible, flat, networked, customer-focused and fast company? Meet Insight Communications and its technical team, Communications Technology's Operator of the Year '03.

Cox VoIP Strategy
Cox Communications, already a leader in cable telephony with its circuit-switched offering, is closely watching VoIP developments. Given the resolution of several outstanding issues, VoIP technology could play a key role in Cox's telephony future.

The Pulse of Cable Telephony
What's the status of cable telephony? Will IP telephony overcome integration obstacles? Can cable networks support large deployments? Five telephony vendors answer these and other questions.

Telephony Lessons Learned
Real-world cable telephony deployments yield knowledge you can use today. By Communications Technology's Editorial Director Laura Hamilton.

Digital Testing
Digital testers can perform a plethora of measurements to help keep your network running smoothly. The question is: Are your engineers and technicians using them?

Cover Your Assets
Cox engineers review how an intelligent asset management system designed for the hybrid on-demand delivery architectures can prepare you for XOD.

Switched Broadcast
Expand customer choice and enhance your network's bandwidth utilization by sending selected programming only to nodes when and where subs actively request it.

Columns

Broadband
Ron Hranac reviews the DOCSIS Set-top Gateway (DSG) Interface Specification and its benefits and potential uses in the cable industry.

SCTE Message
John Clark outlines Operacion Espanol, SCTE's effort to expand and accelerate training, certification, professional development and promotion opportunities for installers, technicians and engineers whose first language is Spanish.

News & Opinion

Editor's Letter

Optimize
"Mobile Workforce Technology: What's in it for You?
" DOCSIS to Steam Ahead with Status Monitoring?
" How to Keep Your Poles in Compliance.

Maximize
"Tech Maverick Picks Transport.
" DPI: Poised for Growth.
" Small Systems Rethink Digital.
" Growing with Home Nets.

Marketplace

Backtalk

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