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DTV Transition

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All-Digital and Switched (continued)

Home Security No Longer a Killer?

NCTA and Neutral Nets


Report: SIP-Based IP PBX Markets Poised for Growth

Tandberg UEQAM to Support Privacy Mode Encryption

LG, Cable Partner on New Orleans School Tech Upgrade

Volicon Intros Entry-Level Monitoring System

CMC Launches HITS AxIS

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Columns

Editor's Letter: Oprah, CDNs and Data Priests

Broadband: Grounding Effectiveness at RF

Bullpen: The Customer-Driven Network

Reality Check: Net Neutrality - or Squatters Rights?


Features

A Rough Road

For small, independent cable operators, the road to capital is full of detours and stop signs.
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IPTV Strategy

The focus is tightening on IPTV. The next move is how best to deliver video over DOCSIS.
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Cable's Wireless Options

Not every cable op needs every wireless technology. The key is figuring out which problems you need solved.
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Digital Ad Overlays

Ad content based on digital overlays could reduce ad costs while increasing the value of each ad.
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Watching the PacketCable Barometer

By Justin J. Junkus

CableLabs' current activities may not be a foolproof indicator of cable's future service offerings, but history indicates that they correlate well with how we got to where we are today.

DOCSIS-compliant plant and customer premises equipment (CPE) implementations preceded high-speed data offerings as a way to meet customer needs for data transport that matched the rapidly increasing processing power of personal computers. Similarly, PacketCable 1.0 through 1.5 found its way into cable networks in anticipation of the carrier-grade residential telephony offerings that have become a staple of cable's marketing mix.

These technology implementations have a common thread. Technology that has gained acceptance has been defined by CableLabs specifications.


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