Communications Technology this Month

August 2003

FEATURES

Planning 2004
Planning to support PODs and OCAP? Converge or VOD-optimize your transport platform? Tier or quality-assure your data service? These questions will lead you into 2004.

Next-Gen CMTSs
New CMTSs perform much better than their older brethren. Test results show that CMTS upgrade investments pay for themselves via the improvements in return spectrum utilization and reductions in node splitting they achieve.

Fixed Wireless
Fixed wireless solutions may make it more cost-effective for cable operators to offer business-class services.

National Show ?03
IP and HDTV got a lot of jaw-time at the NCTA?s 2003 National Show, as did on-demand apps, dual must-carry and network capital investments.

COLUMNS

Broadband
Ron Hranac sets the record straight on frequency offsets and downstream digitally modulated carriers.

SCTE Message
Debbie Manoff outlines learning opportunities at SCTE?s Seminar Central.

NEWS & OPINION

Editor's Letter

Publisher's Letter
Tim Hermes discusses controversy regarding the 2003 Readers? Choice Awards.

Optimize
" Killing Truck Rolls Logically.
" Better Rack and Stacks.

Maximize
" Weighing VoIP Strategies.
" Targeted Ads Gather Stream.

Backtalk

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