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VDSL2 Versus DOCSIS Smackdown

Light Reading is reporting that Cox is offering 50 Mbps DOCSIS cable modem service in Arizona on Cisco gear to counter...

VDSL2 Versus DOCSIS Smackdown
posted on: Sep 4, 2009 | author: John Bartell

State of The Broadband Internet

The Broadband Internet is often discussed, but rarely well defined.  The best definitions are the simplest.  My...

State of The Broadband Internet
posted on: Sep 1, 2009 | author: John Bartell

Report on Access Rates in the US

Speedmatters.org (a production of the Communications Workers of America) has released a report on Internet access...

Report on Access Rates in the US
posted on: Aug 25, 2009 | author: John Bartell

SCTE Expo

Title: SCTE Expo Location: Colorado Convention Center Denver Link out: Click here Start Date: 2009-10-28 End Date:...

SCTE Expo
posted on: Aug 15, 2009 | author: John Bartell

Work from home a driver for upstream ...

An article today at GigaOM discusses how broadband providers are delivering higher upstream bandwidth and questions...

Work from home a driver for upstream bandwidth
posted on: Aug 13, 2009 | author: John Bartell

DOCSIS 3.0 Tutorial

HFC DOCSIS Cable Modem and Router DOCSIS 3.0 (sometimes DOCSIS 3) is a standard developed by CableLabs to upgrade...

DOCSIS 3.0 Tutorial
posted on: Aug 13, 2009 | author: John Bartell

Telecom 2030

Ah, predicting the future can be so challenging, but I am going to give it a try.  Yogi Berra said it best,...

Telecom 2030
posted on: Aug 11, 2009 | author: John Bartell

Competition Drives FTTP

What is the big driver for FTTP deployments?   In a word–competition, if this was not already obvious. FTTP...

Competition Drives FTTP
posted on: Aug 5, 2009 | author: John Bartell

Broadband is last to go

Why is telecom weathering the recession better than many industries?  The answer is simply that telecom services,...

Broadband is last to go
posted on: Aug 5, 2009 | author: John Bartell