remote phy

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One actionable way we, as industry leaders, can attain equitable opportunity for all, is through our efforts to make access to high-speed internet available to everyone. Midco, is acting now, using technology and business model innovation to make sure their customers can benefit from access to high speed data - regardless of where they're located.

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Today's blog features an interview with John Downey, Senior CMTS Technical Leader, and Ron Hranac, Technical Marketing Engineer, both with the Cisco Cable Access Business Unit, for a look at this year's virtual Cable-Tec Expo.

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This blog examines some key decision points the cable industry needs to consider when planning the next generation of a Modern Cable Network. Computation has quickly become part of network infrastructure itself, beyond just supporting services, over-the-top applications, and management tasks. At the same time, advancements in silicon and optical technology allow for a re-examination of cable network topology and service placement.

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The cable broadband access network is extremely complex. All of these technologies have their own technical information. And, for broadband cable technologists to be effective in their jobs, they need lots of information at their fingertips. For many years, Cisco has recognized these needs by creating and keeping up-to-date a handy reference book intended to be used as a quick-reference source for topics related to broadband network technology. Read on to learn more about our Cisco Broadband Data Book available online.

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Surges in network usage really don't break the Internet. Why? Because the network architecture has been architected to be fast, reliable and manage the unpredictable.

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I caught up with Morgan Bondon, Cisco’s Vice President of Cable Broadband and Media Sales for the Americas and chatted with him about the opportunity for Cable Operators, Cisco’s plans for SCTE-ISBE Cable-Tec 2019 and how Cisco will enable the transition ahead of us.

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Occasionally, when in the middle of a vast and highly complex architectural transition, it makes sense to pull up and survey the situation. This is one of those times.

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I discussed the future of cable services with Andy Smith, Chief Architect for Cable at Cisco, during the Light Reading Future of Cable Business Services conference in New York.

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The results of the OpenRPD initiative – a collaborative open/community source project to develop software that can be used by the industry to build a Remote PHY Device – have been stellar.