Since there was a quote of the day I figured it was only reasonable to have a picture of the day. Above on the left in blue is one Motorola B-1 video-on-demand server which replaced six racks of legacy VOD equipment. Not only does the solid-state DRAM approach to VOD hardware save on power and [...]
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Okay, it was really the quote of a few days ago, but financial analyst Arnie Berman of Cowen and Company told me he thinks the financial press will be lauding Verizon in a short two years for its gigantic investment in fiber. We were talking about how Verizon, given its responsibility to shareholders, has been [...]
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Mark Cuban testified in front of Congress recently that the net neutrality issue will become irrelevant when there’s enough bandwidth to go around. That’s essentially true, but in the meantime, while bandwidth supply is not infinite, it’s not a bad idea to look at how the limited resources are dolled out. I’m sitting at a [...]
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What would keep me inside in a windowless room on a day like today? The Screenplays Magazine “Cable IPTV” conference, of course. There have been many good discussions already, including what relationships need to exist between over-the-top application providers and network operators, and what levels of bandwidth we really need. Details on some of the [...]
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I check in occasionally on the U-Verse Users Forum, an unofficial site covering AT&T’s IPTV service. There are two interesting things I found today. First is a map showing where U-Verse service is available across the US. I’d show it here, but you have to register on the site to view it and the lawyers [...]
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