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Last 100 Messages IP Network Infrastructure Techonology for 2013 and beyond : sanjaynavin on IP Network Infrastructure Techonology for 2013 and beyond Cable over Ethernet : Charter Business in the LA Long Beach market already is offering 3.0 service with up to 100Mbps of service in most of our footprint, and we just lowered the pricing as well. Charter is the best company (2012) to work... fdubuy on Four Ways Cable Is Saving The Coax Just buy Netflix: At least Intel will get started. nooser on Intel's OTT Video Plan Hits a Snag Already done by ONF: Wasn't ONF already doing this ? What value do these other forums bring ? nooser on SDN Added to Interop Test Enterprise or Carrier: Brocade's markets are mostly enterprise. Is this their play to get into carrier market ? Time will tell. nooser on Q&A: David Meyer, Brocade's New SDN Expert Re: They would rather die than fail!: I think we will see a Dish / AT&T tie up. With Verizon and the cable companies forming JOE, AT&T needs a video partner and spectrum. This will eventually leave Sprint with CenturyTel.... SeisPR on Sprint Eyes Dish Partnership Re: SDN Cycle: Regarding the "SDN analytics cycle where you mine the network for data, find out what's going on, and use that info to (if necessary) reconfigure the network" -- is this cycle fast enough? Packet data bursts come and go much faster... Northern Lights on Q&A: David Meyer, Brocade's New SDN Expert Wi-Fi or 4G roaming?: With the FCC opening up the airwaves to allow 4G LTE roaming between carriers does that make Wi-Fi roaming more or less relevant? Dan Jones on Wi-Fi: Taking the Strain for Cellular SDN Cycle: So according to Meyer, many companies are accepting the SDN analytics cycle where you mine the network for data, find out what's going on, and use that info to (if necessary) reconfigure the network. It fits with the general premise... Craig Matsumoto on Q&A: David Meyer, Brocade's New SDN Expert Re: Deja Vu all over again : Exactly. It's not a hardware problem. Apple TV could have taken over the Cable business if they could line up a la carte channels of everything. Intel should look into starting their own reality TV or an alternate to the NFL :) Greg Scott on Intel's OTT Video Plan Hits a Snag Nice Overview: Thanks Carol nice article. I am curious how they would do the OTT video and make money with that. I think of things like Netflix, Amazon, etc that circumvent the service provider. Greg Scott on Winds of Change Blow Rural Broadband in 2013 What does a small acquisition mean to Cisco though?: I mean $1.2B for Meraki,is that still small to them? Dan Jones on Cisco Balks at Big Wireless Buys Deja Vu all over again : The problems Intel appears to be encountering are no different than what just about every other OTT/'virtual' cable operator has come across... getting content is not easy or cheap. It's why Microsoft decided to go the... Jeff Baumgartner on Intel's OTT Video Plan Hits a Snag Re: Taking requests for 2013 : Make Light Reading more prominent and get an archive of classic threads. You can go back and get a chuckle from them. Now I am going out on a limb and posting this (note if you are easily or even not so easily... brookseven on This Olde Website: 2012 Taking requests for 2013 : Okay, we're still 11+ months away from the next round...but any suggestions on Web sites of Olde that you'd like to see? It's a fun exercise, but I'd be pleased to get some suggestions...provided... Jeff Baumgartner on This Olde Website: 2012 Re: Charter buying Cox? Not likely: Yes, it would seem so, though I wonder if they could pull off something that would give Charter control without having to buy it all at once? But something to noodle heading into 2013, as there is some... Jeff Baumgartner on Six Cable Deals We Might See in 2013 How much USP vs Android?: It's interesting that Orange is highlighting how Windows 8 fits in with the multiscreen approach to content delivery, but with Android tablets entering the market at a furious pace does Windows offer much difference... Ray Le Maistre on Orange Waves the Windows 8 Flag Another year of patent news: At the beginning of 2012 we predicted that patent challenges/decisions/lawsuits/deals would feature strongly throughout the year - and how right we were! Intellectual Property Boom http://www.lightreading.com/blog.asp?doc_id=216040 I... Ray Le Maistre on Euronews: NSN Sells Wireless Patents Re: Financial value proposition?: Using Ethernet it is fully possible to deliver predictable latency with end-to-end jitter in the ns range. OTN and SDH is not required for this purpose. 1) Gigabit Ethernet services can be aggregated/de-aggregated... steinarb on 2012 Belonged to SDN & NFV. But Will They Deliver in 2013? Thanks to Broadband Reports for the link-back: Thanks for the link! Dan Jones on 5 Trends in Carrier Wi-Fi so big: Yes, thats gonna such a huge deployment. Is it them who are said to be planning fro 100,000 eNodeB (most probably macro will be dominant) cheikhouna on 5 Carriers Going Big With Small Cells in 2013 Not so sure about 802.11ac: Definitely, 802.11ac deployment in 2013 will be subject to terminal support. From the past experience of porevious Wifi standards, I dont think 802.11ac will have a large support from chip vendors until at least 2014... cheikhouna on 5 Trends in Carrier Wi-Fi Re: To AJ & Dan:: Everything you said makes sense. At the very least, the effort to reduce skyline profile ought to soften even the most sticky neighborhood opposition. AJ Allred on Ericsson Puffed Up on AIR Re: AT&T using AIR? : That makes sense: a smaller unit might ease the zoning process. Thanks. AJ Allred on Ericsson Puffed Up on AIR Thanks to @AllNetLabs: Thanks to @AllNetLabs for the linkback and commentary. Brian Goemmer suggests that Sprint is actually blurring the line of what a small cell is with its 2013 and beyond plans. I'm not sue there's a hard and fast line to blur, myself. Dan Jones on 5 Carriers Going Big With Small Cells in 2013 Gating factor for faster Wi-Fi: Device support is probably the gating factor for how much 802.11ac is taken up in 2013. Dan Jones on 5 Trends in Carrier Wi-Fi To AJ & Dan:: AJ, Dan, one factor in making site acquisition easier is that the RAN is in the same module as the antenna. This should eliminate long runs of fat coaxial cable up the Macro towers to carry high power RF from old... sailboat on Ericsson Puffed Up on AIR Re: AT&T using AIR? : Hey AJ It's much smaller and sleeker than the typical unit so that helps. I'll ask Gabriel Brown if he can way in with more detail. DJ Dan Jones on Ericsson Puffed Up on AIR Re: AT&T using AIR? : In what specific way has the AIR device made land use approvals easier? As a former "site acq" guy this really impresses me. AJ Allred - Salt Lake City AJ Allred on Ericsson Puffed Up on AIR Charter buying Cox? Not likely: Charter making a play for Cox sounds fairly rediculous at this point. Charter is still saddled with $10+B (with a B) in debt, how would they make a play for an entity they would have to pay another $10+B... dwx on Six Cable Deals We Might See in 2013 Network capacity utilization?: Please don't cite a component supplier's (i.e., FNSR) comments about network capacity utilization as a reason for optimism. It is a meaningless number and he has no real idea anyway. chipgeek on Optical Networking: What to Watch in 2013 Re: Mobile data caps: Yeah, and in a simplistic fashion, a bigger screen means more data down. Of course, carriers can get clever with compression, in fact they will need to, I suspect, in 2013 and beyond. Dan Jones on Survey: Mobile Data Caps Matter Re: Financial value proposition?: There is an important undercurrent here however: the need for reduced latencies and jitter (as well as, for certain applications, rock solid reliability and security). The delay variations (jitter) increase... With The Lights Out on 2012 Belonged to SDN & NFV. But Will They Deliver in 2013? Re: Mobile data caps: It does indeed. I was surprised at the size and clarity of those screens when I played with them at the AT&T store the other day. Before that I had only seen the Galaxy Note by itself. It definitely makes a difference... Phil Harvey on Survey: Mobile Data Caps Matter Cisco: Serious about carrier Wi-Fi: Simple sign-on and connections on carrier Wi-Fi seems key to a lot of their plans in 2013. Location, small cell deployment, hotspots, offload etc. Dan Jones on Cisco's New SWAG Bag Relevant data: The Center for Disease Control (via BGR) says that 35% of U.S. households have entirely ditched their landline. Dan Jones on Do Copper Rules Belong in an All-IP World? Re: Mobile data caps: True for now, but devices like the Galaxy Note II will start to blur that boundary between tablet and smartphone. Dan Jones on Survey: Mobile Data Caps Matter Silver medal: This has been an exercise in getting more know-how on LTE and beating Sprint for AT&T in 2012. Clearly, they can't match Verion for LTE but they can talk about how much speed they have in their LTE cities and how they can blend... Dan Jones on 4G Holidays: AT&T Adds 10 LTE Markets AT&T using AIR? : Is AT&T using AIR? De La Vega did mention having radios at the top of the tower for extra signal recently. Dan Jones on Ericsson Puffed Up on AIR China Mobile is another 2013 contender.: China mobile is another contender, they're supposed to have TD-SCMA small cells next year, seems likely to be a big deployment. Dan Jones on 5 Carriers Going Big With Small Cells in 2013 Re: Financial value proposition?: Great way to sum up the issue. You have specialized gear for a reason -- there is big money associated with providing services in a predictable, redundant way with lots of reporting. Can you do this with generic... Phil Harvey on 2012 Belonged to SDN & NFV. But Will They Deliver in 2013? one other thing to watch for..: I wanted to make a point about a story that came up toward the end of last year, about ALU having lower than expected margins on their optical transport sales and this hurt them in market perception. First, I... sailboat on Optical Networking: What to Watch in 2013 how about large enterprise networks?: shouldn't large enterprises be consider as early adapters? looks like native generic switches are more suitable for such enterprises than to telcos, isn't it? looks like telcos are very conservative and... yossibs on 2012 Belonged to SDN & NFV. But Will They Deliver in 2013? Re: Readers?: Just saw an ad from TWC with special pricing for FIOS subs. The deal was primarily waiving front end costs. Sounded like they were geting return customers looking for better service. Too bad VZ is ruining FIOS to add high end customers. OldPOTS on Verizon Swaps Sandy-Ravaged Copper for Fiber Re: what next for Jeff Reedy: I don't know but based on the previous article the writing was on the wall for Reedy. A new hire taking your job is seldom a good sign unless it occurs along with a promotion. Greg Scott on Overture Makes Cuts; Reedy to Leave All your encoding needs !: Hey Jeff, Indeed this is a major issue that we have are well aware of at QuickPlay. We think service providers often overlook this problem, but run into it head-on. jijeshd on Quantifying 'The Netflix Problem' Re: Friday news: Craig, You are missing the subtlety. The idea is that a plan is put in place before it can be used so that Chambers does not theoretically have material non-public information today about Q2 next year. He... brookseven on CEO Chambers Selling Cisco Shares Re: Friday news: So true, Seven. Thanks. The part about "material non-public information" is the SEC's wording, not mine, so maybe I should have put quote marks around it. Whether such a thing is practical or not, well... talk to the SEC... :) Craig Matsumoto on CEO Chambers Selling Cisco Shares Re: Friday news: Craig, You have one mistake. A CEO is ALWAYS in possession of Material Non-Public Information. Plans are set to start usually a quarter in the future and must be followed or stopped with a delay then to start another... brookseven on CEO Chambers Selling Cisco Shares Re: What is the technical solution of Google Fiber?: According to this article they are rolling their own. http://gigaom.com/2012/07/26/the-economics-of-google-fiber-and-what-it-means-for-u-s-broadband/ It states "Google has built its own equipment.... sjk-light on Google Preps Its New Year Fiber Flow Next: So the Mayan calendar finally comes to an end. I hear their next calendar has kittens (be sure to pick one up at the mall). tera on World Ends, Industry Really Disrupted Re: blogspeak: I choked big time as well reading Suffolk's blog... The only thing Huawei has a passion for is subverting the rule of law by any means necessary to win deals, period. They don't give a damn about customers. LiteCycle on Huawei CEO Weighs In on Security Friday news: Not a bad late-Friday catch, but I wonder if Phil's Overture scoop takes the prize as the bigger Friday news haul. (Google also invested more in 23andme, for those who care about such things.) Craig Matsumoto on CEO Chambers Selling Cisco Shares Re: Even more: The 10x10 MSA specifies using 10 output wavelengths centered around either 1310 or 1550 I believe in a CFP form factor. So you couldn't break out 10 "regular" physical 10GE connections because they aren't the normal 1310... dwx on Gray Market Optics Go 40G Re: Oops: 2 Mayans walk into a bar. The first Mayan says, "Yep, done with that bit of calendar." The second Mayan says, "We have plenty of time to do the next section." The first Mayan says, "Imagine what happens if our civilization... brookseven on World Ends, Industry Really Disrupted Re: Oops: > He struck a last minute deal to push out the apocalypse, just so the party would not end. Stay thirsty my friends.So that's what happend! Ha!!I think this one wins. Craig Matsumoto on World Ends, Industry Really Disrupted Re: End of the World: > Major disappointment it isn't happening for real ... we are all stuck doing what we are doing, working in profitless industries. Tell me about it. I'm in journalism. :) Craig Matsumoto on World Ends, Industry Really Disrupted Re: Old news: > The world already ended once before in this business, people are already prepared. Andrew - so true. The Mayan calendar thing is nothing compared with the telecom crash. Craig Matsumoto on World Ends, Industry Really Disrupted Re: Even more: Single form factor sounds good, but ... I thought 10x10 MSA was a CFP. Craig Matsumoto on Gray Market Optics Go 40G what next for Jeff Reedy: After a dozen years with Overture, where do you expect him to go next? Perhaps start another company? Phil Harvey on Overture Makes Cuts; Reedy to Leave Re: Oops: He struck a last minute deal to push out the apocalypse, just so the party would not end. Stay thirsty my friends. chuckj on World Ends, Industry Really Disrupted Re: End of the World: Funny, I love the comment about the white paper being so many numbers... Greg Scott on World Ends, Industry Really Disrupted Financial value proposition?: I guess the here key point is "Will operators really take the plunge and replace proprietary hardware with generic Ethernet switches and generic industry-standard servers?" A network service provider's major revenues... With The Lights Out on 2012 Belonged to SDN & NFV. But Will They Deliver in 2013? Oops: We're still here??? I am SO behind on Christmas shopping now... bogowan on World Ends, Industry Really Disrupted Re: End of the World: I thought I saw a meteor heading straight for me this morning. Turned out to be only a wayward garbage-can lid carried by a big wind gust. mendyk on World Ends, Industry Really Disrupted Re: End of the World: Whew. Hot in here. Phil Harvey on World Ends, Industry Really Disrupted Re: End of the World: Major disappointment it isn't happening for real ... we are all stuck doing what we are doing, working in profitless industries. inquisitive on World Ends, Industry Really Disrupted Old news: The world already ended once before in this business, people are already prepared. schmitt on World Ends, Industry Really Disrupted Does ALU have ships? : Yes of couse they do. It was an ALU ship that recovered the black boxes from the Air Fance Airbus crash. Mike Bellman on For Sail: Alcatel-Lucent's Subsea Business What is the technical solution of Google Fiber?: Who knows who is providing the technical solution for Google Fiber? and is Google using WDM-PON to do the FTTH network? thx Daniel XU on Google Preps Its New Year Fiber Flow End of the World: Worst thing about the end of the world is all the damn Christmas music they're playing everywhere. Craig Matsumoto on World Ends, Industry Really Disrupted Re: Huawei CEO Weighs In on Security: The reason the Chinese people earn less is that their government artificially keeps down the value of their currency. If you want to see what happens to wages under free floating currency in these conditions,... brookseven on Huawei CEO Weighs In on Security Re: Credit where it's due : The strategy brains at Suwanee have already thought through some of this integration, I suspect, but it will be challenging, regardless of smooth integration spin. This is 3x bigger than C-COR, the deal that created... jtombes on Google Sells Moto Home to Arris for $2.35B Huawei CEO Weighs In on Security: In the 1970's, Americans were accusing Japanese companies of stealing US semiconductor and computing industrial secrets. In the 1980's, Americans set up quota for Japanese import cars. Now, it... AllanKLee on Huawei CEO Weighs In on Security Re: Mobile data caps: Yes, i noticed that. I think the inherent limitation of what you can do on smartphones sort of sets an automatic data cap, especially if you're not tethering to a larger device. Does that sound reasonable or am I assuming... Phil Harvey on Survey: Mobile Data Caps Matter Re: Mobile data caps: I know from talking to Sprint executives last year that they were worried about tablets congesting coverage at a specific cellsite because just a couple of users could pull down A LOT of video over the air. You'll notice... Dan Jones on Survey: Mobile Data Caps Matter Re: Mobile data caps: I don't know if I buy the argument that data caps help provide a better quality of experience for all on the network. Especially on LTE networks, they're hardly crowded at the moment -- even after the iPhone 5. Why risk... Phil Harvey on Survey: Mobile Data Caps Matter Re: Mobile data caps: In the U.S., its Sprint, T-Mobile, MetroPCS and the various Sprint MVNO offshoots (Virgin Mobile etc.) Dan Jones on Survey: Mobile Data Caps Matter Ciena breaks out the photo album: On its blog, Ciena has posted some visual highlights from 20 years in business. The outfits aren't nearly as funny as we thought. And what's that character after Lightworks Lou? A Ciena mystery! Someone get us a name. Phil Harvey on Odds & Ends Re: Mobile data caps: Which major carriers offer an unlimited data option (and actually mean it)? Phil Harvey on Survey: Mobile Data Caps Matter Re: Even more: Cpak wont give them much of a density density edge versus newer offerings like the XRS from ALU, but will use less power. It also may allow them to build the optic where they can use a 10x10 breakout so customers only need one... dwx on Gray Market Optics Go 40G And the message this sends is....: Obermann appears to be saying there are more challenging things to be doing in this sector... is this a sign that DT has been too big a ship to turn? Whatever the reason, this doesn't look positive for DT. Ray Le Maistre on Deutsche Telekom: It's Over for Obermann Interesting: Interesting that DT and T-Mobile executives are moving on after the fall out of the AT&T-T-Mobile merger but the top brass at AT&T Mobility seem largely unaffected. Dan Jones on Deutsche Telekom: It's Over for Obermann Re: Mobile data caps: Kind of. Remember that T-Mobile did actually go back to unlimited this year. Dan Jones on Survey: Mobile Data Caps Matter Re: Bidding war?: >Having lived through it, Tellabs would be a terrible PON partner for the fMot buisness. Heck they HAD a 90% market share inside Verizon and allowed that to fritter away > What I would expect is any non-cable portions... Craig Matsumoto on Google Sells Moto Home to Arris for $2.35B Hard to trust: It is extremely hard to trust Chinese companies when time and time again, they have no problems stealing IP property, flooding the market with cheap goods, subsidized by the Chinese government, forcing companies out of... lanbrown on Huawei CEO Weighs In on Security Re: Bidding war?: Craig, Having lived through it, Tellabs would be a terrible PON partner for the fMot buisness. Heck they HAD a 90% market share inside Verizon and allowed that to fritter away. What I would expect is any non-cable portions... brookseven on Google Sells Moto Home to Arris for $2.35B Mobile data caps: So, it looks like the service providers really love their data caps. Guess we can't look for caps to go away any time soon. Craig Matsumoto on Survey: Mobile Data Caps Matter Re: Bidding war?: Regarding the PON business, Tellabs would have been interesting but how much overlap would there have been? My PON history is a little rusty. They were working on cable PON, IIRC, so maybe Arris can make some use of that. Beyond... Craig Matsumoto on Google Sells Moto Home to Arris for $2.35B Re: Bidding war?: Let me guess, you worked for Quantum Bridge. Gem? Yeah right. capers on Google Sells Moto Home to Arris for $2.35B blogspeak: i clicked on the link and read the first few lines ... A company that is shaking up the world in terms of technology, a company committed to science, engineering and R&D, but fundamentally a company whose passion is for its... odo on Huawei CEO Weighs In on Security Selling of parts of the business: ALU may be able to make a sale this time. The submarine cable business is one of the few profitable areas left from before Alcatel's merger with Lucent. Of course, selling off the parts that make... releng on For Sail: Alcatel-Lucent's Subsea Business Re: Credit where it's due : I was interested to see that Google will keep a stake in Arris, so they will still have a link to the cable guys, but with Arris serving as the giant trust buffer. As for the price, i think Google got pretty close... Jeff Baumgartner on Google Sells Moto Home to Arris for $2.35B Product overlaps : ...we'll have a fleshed out story about what they are and what Arris might do with those assets. For now, they can't really say since they're at the early stages of the planning. and even if they could say they would dump... Jeff Baumgartner on Arris Swings for the Fences HD-DTA markets : Anyone caught a glimpse of one of these in the wild? Could be a cheap (sub$50) box for secondary HDTVs for Comcast and other MSOs to distribute. Downside: no VoD... yet. AT some point i'd expect Comcast and... Jeff Baumgartner on Netflix Partner Tries UltraHD on the Internet Re: Google's liability: Yes, i'd be very surprised if Google did not get a settlement done versus letting this thing drag out in the courts. The potential of an injunction just makes it all messier and uglier for sure. JB Jeff Baumgartner on Google Protects Arris From Big, Scary TiVo Re: bresnan communications - cablevision: Last thing i heard is that Charter was doing dilligence on it.. but i have not heard when a deal might pop or who else might be in the bidding. JB Jeff Baumgartner on bresnan communications - cablevision Re: ALU owns ships?: Maybe it's all part of the trend away from transport owneship.... when Ben Verwaayen took over as CEO one of the first things he did was cancel the private jets. Next up - ALU staff to cycle to work... Seriously,... Ray Le Maistre on For Sail: Alcatel-Lucent's Subsea Business Re: Credit where it's due : Thanks for shout out, Jeff. ARRS had smarts and ambition to match the Home assets. Seemed worth including in the list. Wondering now about GOOG's takeaway. Bought MOT for $13b, now less $2+b and the Home patents? They... jtombes on Google Sells Moto Home to Arris for $2.35B ALU owns ships?: Quoting @brian_riggs on Twitter, who had the same reaction as me: "ALU owns ships?" Craig Matsumoto on For Sail: Alcatel-Lucent's Subsea Business MORE MESSAGE BOARDS


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