Posted on May 13, 2008 by Mari Silbey
First the news: Motorola announced the launch of a new universal edge QAM today, the APEX1000. In brief, edge quadrature amplitude modulators (QAMs) are used to translate signals from IP into radio frequency (RF). (Leslie Ellis explains it by saying this modulation turns spectrum into bandwidth.) Operators are finding they need more QAM channels of [...]
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Posted on May 9, 2008 by Mari Silbey
The Certification Wave 58 results are out! Motorola received DOCSIS 3.0 certification for its SB6120 and SBV6220 cable modems and DOCSIS 3.0 bronze qualification for the Motorola BSR 64000 cable modem termination system (CMTS). I had a chance to sit down quickly with Motorola’s Chris Kohler to discuss the modem certifications and recorded [...]
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Posted on April 22, 2008 by Mari Silbey
Timed to coincide with a Motorola customer event in San Diego this week, Motorola announced today the availability of its new line of VDSL2 gateways. We saw a sample gateway back at CES, but three versions of the product have now been officially released into the wild. The line of gateways is called the Motorola [...]
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Posted on April 11, 2008 by Mari Silbey
Not a day goes by without news of Internet video apps using more bandwidth than was even conceived of a few short years ago. In my head, these reports translate into three categories.
Streaming Service Success:
YouTube may have been the first Web video wonder, but professional content is rapidly gaining on the cat-on-a-skateboard variety. Two recent [...]
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Posted on April 9, 2008 by Mari Silbey
I ran across an interesting combination of stats today on next-gen broadband networks. First The New York Times had an article on the new Global Information Technology Report stating that the US has one of the best Internet infrastructures in the world. We now rank fourth globally taking into account a wide range of variables [...]
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Posted on April 7, 2008 by Mari Silbey
I’m still on vacation here, but of course that doesn’t mean the news stops. Motorola racked up another DOCSIS 3.0 win today with Japan’s largest broadband operator, Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM). The deal includes both Motorola CMTSs (the BSR 64000) and cable modems (the SB6120s). For some reason the press release isn’t showing up on the [...]
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Posted on March 25, 2008 by Mari Silbey
Back in the cable modem termination system (CMTS) lab a couple of weeks ago I had several colleagues wandering around with video cameras capturing conversations and lab shots throughout the day. Above is a snippet of Kevin Sullivan, senior director of engineering at Motorola, talking about integrated CMTS versus modular CMTS. (Amateur editing [...]
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Posted on March 20, 2008 by Mari Silbey
I spent yesterday at Cynthia Brumfield’s phenomenal, closed-to-the-press Internet Video Policy Symposium. There were quite a few FCC economists present (current and former) and a number of lawyers and academics. Much of what was discussed was outside the scope of this particular blog, but it was all good food for thought, and you [...]
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Posted on March 18, 2008 by Mari Silbey
You’ve heard of Moore’s Law, but have you heard of Nielsen’s? In 1998 Jakob Nielsen theorized that Internet bandwidth would see compound growth of 57x over ten years. Above is a graph showing Nielsen’s prediction alongside actual data points of bandwidth availability. He is remarkably on target.
I want to spend more time [...]
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Posted on March 17, 2008 by Mari Silbey
Fred Dawson has an article in the March issue of Screenplays (registration required) on Comcast’s spending plans for 2008. Topping the cap ex agenda? Advanced advertising initiatives, set-tops, transitioning to an all-digital system and switched digital video. Apparently Comcast’s plans are in line with investor expectations, but that doesn’t mean the operator [...]
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