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 25, 2008 by Mari Silbey
In a serendipitous moment, I had a call this morning to talk about DOCSIS 3.0 CPE updates, and I learned that J:COM in Japan has completed trials and is starting to install Motorola’s channel-bonding modems in subscriber homes TODAY. The latest status reports from the lab have found no issues with the SB6120 modems, and [...]
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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 12, 2008 by Mari Silbey
Apparently this is not news, but I was surprised nonetheless to hear from Motorola’s Mike Patrick last week that upstream and downstream Internet traffic is roughly in balance, and has been for a few years. Downstream throughput is still the priority by far for networks operators in the US, but that has more to [...]
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Posted on March 7, 2008 by Mari Silbey
Here’s a quick video snippet of Motorola’s Mike Patrick talking about why there should be no DOCSIS 4.0. Mike Patrick is one of those engineers who are not only brilliant, but willing to share knowledge as long as you’re willing to listen. In the lab yesterday, I peppered him with questions about [...]
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Posted on February 21, 2008 by Mari Silbey
It’s official. Motorola’s DOCSIS 3.0 modems are out – one data modem and two digital voice modems. They support downstream channel bonding, IPv4 and IPv6, and advanced encryption services, which in plain English basically means faster Internet that’s good for consumer and commercial services. If you want to play the speeds and [...]
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Posted on January 17, 2008 by Mari Silbey
After last year’s kerfuffle over hidden bandwidth caps, it probably shouldn’t come as a surprise that Time Warner is now considering a new per-byte billing model. The model, which will be tested in Beaumont Texas, will charge subscribers who exceed a clearly-published threshold for maximum bandwidth usage.
To me this seems to fall under the [...]
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Posted on December 20, 2007 by Mari Silbey
This is one of those news items that may get overlooked, but shouldn’t. Motorola announced two new customers in Korea today (press release did not go over the US wire) who are deploying channel-bonding technology for delivering broadband speeds to subscribers of 100Mbps. Both the cable modem termination systems (CMTSs) and the cable [...]
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Posted on December 12, 2007 by Mari Silbey
Motorola today announced that it has shipped 50 million cable modems of both the data and digital voice variety.
It’s hard to ignore a milestone like 50 million modems shipped. Most consumers don’t even think about the little boxes that connect them to the Internet, but their sheer invisibility is testament to how [...]
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