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News & Views Most Popular Sony Goes OTT With PlayStation Vue By Mari Silbey, Independent Technology Editor, 11/13/2014 Sony has officially beaten out Dish, Verizon and several other would-be contenders in the race to bring new over-the-top video services to market. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: jabailo Playstation already has on demand Netflix and Hulu, so it's interesting they... AT&T GigaPower Awaits Regulatory Resolution By Jason Meyers, Senior Editor, Gigabit Cities/IoT, 11/13/2014 AT&T chief Randall Stephenson has signaled his company's distaste for President Obama's recent call for regulating the Internet by putting the brakes on a major ... Post a Comment \| Read (0) Google Fiber Means Business in KC By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, 11/13/2014 Flexing its fiber muscles further in its first market, Google Fiber has started rolling out commercial telecom services for small firms in the Kansas City area. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Ericsson Plans $1.2B in Cuts By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/13/2014 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: CityFibre's dark fiber backhaul deal; Sky completes European acquisitions, tweaks name; drones latest! Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cisco's Chambers: Title II Net Neutrality Talk Already Hurting By Mitch Wagner, West Coast Bureau Chief, Light Reading, 11/12/2014 Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers weighed in against a proposal to classify service providers as Title II common carriers in an effort to preserve net neutrality. ... Post a Comment \| Read (14 comments) Latest Comment: James_B_Crawshaw Chambers said service provider orders fell 10% during the quarter due principally... Small ISP Expands Seattle Gigabit Network By Jason Meyers, Senior Editor, Gigabit Cities/IoT, 11/12/2014 While the City of Seattle struggles to find the right business model to get ultra-high-speed broadband for its residents, a small ISP has broadened its own efforts to ... Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: jasonmeyers I wonder too. It suspect they'd be a bit gun-shy after the Gigabit Squared... Wheeler: Between a Rock and a Hard Place By Mari Silbey, Independent Technology Editor, 11/12/2014 FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is not having an easy week. Post a Comment \| Read (7 comments) Latest Comment: Duh! The most unfairly maligned man in Washington just threw the second most unfairly... Play It Again! thePlatform Turns TV Into VoD By Mari Silbey, Independent Technology Editor, 11/12/2014 Further blurring the lines between live TV and video-on-demand (VoD), thePlatform is introducing mpx Replay, a solution for transforming linear TV into a VoD asset ... Post a Comment \| Read (0) Alcatel-Lucent Joins Virtual Router Race By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-chief, 11/12/2014 Alcatel-Lucent became the latest IP platform vendor to unveil a virtual router Wednesday, tapping into the NFV zeitgeist for offering virtual alternatives to existing ... Post a Comment \| Read (10 comments) Latest Comment: mnyhus I don't want 100G, I would prefer 10Gig, and the edge doesn't... Nuage Looks to Help Carriers Drive Downmarket With SDN By Mitch Wagner, West Coast Bureau Chief, Light Reading, 11/12/2014 Nuage, the Alcatel-Lucent SDN business, plans to introduce a software-based solution designed to allow service providers to connect business customers to data centers ... Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Colt to Buy Asia-Pac Stablemate By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/12/2014 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telefónica slows revenue decline; Deutsche Telekom launches investment mega-fund; ETNO plants a flag. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comms in Space! Musk Plans Micro-Satellites, Google Leases NASA's Moffett Field By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 11/11/2014 SpaceX's Elon Musk is the latest to join in the attempts to deliver Internet connectivity from space, as Google plans to pump millions into a California airfield to ... Post a Comment \| Read (6 comments) Latest Comment: DanJones Yeah, I'm thinking they would have to launch them all together somehow. Applying 5 Simple 'Rules' to SDN & NFV By Jeff Finkelstein, 11/11/2014 For those who have been hanging in for the past few months, much thanks. Light Reading has been kind enough to post my musings on various technologies from meeting ... Post a Comment \| Read (0) Utility-Backed Gigabit is Going to Jackson By Jason Meyers, Senior Editor, Gigabit Cities/IoT, 11/11/2014 A Tennessee utility is helping to continue the state's pioneering role in bringing gigabit services to residents with the upgrade of its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) ... Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: jabailo Here in Washington State, there are several PUDs (Public Utility Districts)... Eurobites: Vodafone Unveils UK Quad-Play Plans By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/11/2014 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Oi rejects dos Santos bid; happy TalkTalk; KPN ditches set-top box. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Senators Move to Keep CableCARD Alive By Mari Silbey, Independent Technology Editor, 11/10/2014 The battle for the future of CableCARD technology continues. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: jbtombes STAVRA's not the only thing fixin' to expire as the year ends. John Thune (R,... Obama Backs Net Neutrality, Stuns Industry By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, 11/10/2014 In a move that has already set off a lobbying firestorm in Washington, D.C., President Obama is calling on the Federal Communications Commission to adopt strong ... Post a Comment \| Read (18 comments) Latest Comment: TomNolle I agree that this isn't the Congress to take on Telecom reform, but I don't... Eurobites: Telefónica Looks to Offload China Stake By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/10/2014 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodafone under pressure from activist hedge fund; Germany's termination fees plan face EC scrutiny; BT in broadband marketing ... Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Joe Stanganelli So, basically, BT is taking the traditional cable package and using it to sell... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Obama Backs Net Neutrality, Stuns Industry By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, 11/10/2014 In a move that has already set off a lobbying firestorm in Washington, D.C., President Obama is calling on the Federal Communications Commission to adopt strong ... Post a Comment \| Read (18 comments) Latest Comment: TomNolle I agree that this isn't the Congress to take on Telecom reform, but I don't... Cisco's Chambers: Title II Net Neutrality Talk Already Hurting By Mitch Wagner, West Coast Bureau Chief, Light Reading, 11/12/2014 Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers weighed in against a proposal to classify service providers as Title II common carriers in an effort to preserve net neutrality. ... Post a Comment \| Read (14 comments) Latest Comment: James_B_Crawshaw Chambers said service provider orders fell 10% during the quarter due principally... Suddenlink: We Still Love Video By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, 11/7/2014 Bucking the tide among midsized and smaller US cable operators, Suddenlink Communications is not shifting away from the traditional pay-TV business. Post a Comment \| Read (12 comments) Latest Comment: kq4ym It's still a tricky business to guess what customers want and will pay for... Cablevision Battles More Sub Drops By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, 11/7/2014 Still resisting the urge to engage in price wars with Verizon, Cablevision Systems suffered some of its worst subscriber losses ever over the summer months but ... Post a Comment \| Read (10 comments) Latest Comment: MikeP688 I reflected upon this very fact earlier today. What all need to... Alcatel-Lucent Joins Virtual Router Race By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-chief, 11/12/2014 Alcatel-Lucent became the latest IP platform vendor to unveil a virtual router Wednesday, tapping into the NFV zeitgeist for offering virtual alternatives to existing ... Post a Comment \| Read (10 comments) Latest Comment: mnyhus I don't want 100G, I would prefer 10Gig, and the edge doesn't... Wheeler: Between a Rock and a Hard Place By Mari Silbey, Independent Technology Editor, 11/12/2014 FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is not having an easy week. Post a Comment \| Read (7 comments) Latest Comment: Duh! The most unfairly maligned man in Washington just threw the second most unfairly... Comms in Space! Musk Plans Micro-Satellites, Google Leases NASA's Moffett Field By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 11/11/2014 SpaceX's Elon Musk is the latest to join in the attempts to deliver Internet connectivity from space, as Google plans to pump millions into a California airfield to ... Post a Comment \| Read (6 comments) Latest Comment: DanJones Yeah, I'm thinking they would have to launch them all together somehow. Colorado Cities Green-Light Muni Broadband By Jason Meyers, Senior Editor, Gigabit Cities/IoT, 11/7/2014 Colorado's statewide ban on municipally-owned broadband networks took a blow this week, when seven cities and counties voted to allow them in their regions. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Joe Stanganelli To be fair, I don't know about you, but I was a heck of a lot happier... Small ISP Expands Seattle Gigabit Network By Jason Meyers, Senior Editor, Gigabit Cities/IoT, 11/12/2014 While the City of Seattle struggles to find the right business model to get ultra-high-speed broadband for its residents, a small ISP has broadened its own efforts to ... Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: jasonmeyers I wonder too. It suspect they'd be a bit gun-shy after the Gigabit Squared... Utility-Backed Gigabit is Going to Jackson By Jason Meyers, Senior Editor, Gigabit Cities/IoT, 11/11/2014 A Tennessee utility is helping to continue the state's pioneering role in bringing gigabit services to residents with the upgrade of its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) ... Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: jabailo Here in Washington State, there are several PUDs (Public Utility Districts)... Senators Move to Keep CableCARD Alive By Mari Silbey, Independent Technology Editor, 11/10/2014 The battle for the future of CableCARD technology continues. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: jbtombes STAVRA's not the only thing fixin' to expire as the year ends. John Thune (R,... Eurobites: Telefónica Looks to Offload China Stake By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/10/2014 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodafone under pressure from activist hedge fund; Germany's termination fees plan face EC scrutiny; BT in broadband marketing ... Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Joe Stanganelli So, basically, BT is taking the traditional cable package and using it to sell... NGNC: Traffic Boom Drives Flexible Networks By Mitch Wagner, West Coast Bureau Chief, Light Reading, 11/7/2014 SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Next-Generation Network Components -- Increasing traffic and network speeds are driving demand for flexible carrier networks over the course ... Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: tojofay http://www.gazettabyte.com/home/2014/11/6/infinera-targets-the-metro-cloud.... Sony Goes OTT With PlayStation Vue By Mari Silbey, Independent Technology Editor, 11/13/2014 Sony has officially beaten out Dish, Verizon and several other would-be contenders in the race to bring new over-the-top video services to market. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: jabailo Playstation already has on demand Netflix and Hulu, so it's interesting they... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards jabailo, 11/13/2014 2:33:50 PM Sony Goes OTT With PlayStation Vue Re: Whose T are they O? Playstation already has on demand Netflix and Hulu, so it's interesting they are going after live TV delivery. However, its gets a bit strange when your cable provider is also your Internet provider. At that... James_B_Crawshaw, 11/13/2014 2:25:12 PM Cisco's Chambers: Title II Talk Already Hurting Re: Proper gander (sic) Chambers said service provider orders fell 10% during the quarter due principally to cutbacks by 3 US operators given regulatory uncertainty over net neutrality. But Cisco's quarter ended on 25 October. And the only major... sam masud, 11/13/2014 2:21:41 PM Cisco's Chambers: Title II Talk Already Hurting Re: Re: Wow, just what the industry needs: regulatory uncertainty Tom: I agree that this might be the one time a do-nothing government approach is the best thing! sam masud, 11/13/2014 2:19:28 PM Cisco's Chambers: Title II Talk Already Hurting Re: Re: Wow, just what the industry needs: regulatory uncertainty Carol: I could not agree with you more that Net Neutrality is solution in search of a problem. I think folks who've been in this industry know that 1) the precursor to the Internet came out of our government, 2) the ISPs... Gabriel Brown, 11/13/2014 12:48:38 PM Cisco's Chambers: Title II Talk Already Hurting Re: Re: Wow, just what the industry needs: regulatory uncertainty Observing from afar (London, UK), I kind of agree with Tom, "at this point doing nothing at all might still be the best approach". As I've argued elsewhere on these pages, there doesn't yet seem to be a need for additional... TomNolle, 11/13/2014 11:31:13 AM Cisco's Chambers: Title II Talk Already Hurting Re: Re: Wow, just what the industry needs: regulatory uncertainty @Seven: I'd have to dig through all the FCC stuff to be able to respond to your point on FTTH exemption. The Act had no such exemption in it. The FCC to the best of my recollection never had a specific... Carol Wilson, 11/13/2014 10:46:23 AM Cisco's Chambers: Title II Talk Already Hurting Re: Re: Wow, just what the industry needs: regulatory uncertainty Until the last year, I have been able to totally agree with the do-nothing aprproach - net neutrality was a solution in search of a problem. Then the great Netflix slowdown hit. It had the desired effect in one respect -... brooks7, 11/13/2014 10:44:32 AM Cisco's Chambers: Title II Talk Already Hurting Re: Re: Wow, just what the industry needs: regulatory uncertainty One other note to add...I guess local loop unbundling is no longer an issue as FTTH is exempt from it. seven Duh!, 11/13/2014 10:31:54 AM Wheeler: Between a Rock and a Hard Place Re: Meta The most unfairly maligned man in Washington just threw the second most unfairly maligned man in Washington under the bus. The President is apparently an intelligent guy, but can't imagine he understands the issues. ... TomNolle, 11/13/2014 10:31:51 AM Cisco's Chambers: Title II Talk Already Hurting Re: Re: Wow, just what the industry needs: regulatory uncertainty This has been the risk of the "neutrality debate" all along, unfortunately. The Internet is an ecosystem, and for it to work every player in it has to be able to make a business case for their own role. Just... mnyhus, 11/13/2014 10:16:26 AM Alcatel-Lucent Joins Virtual Router Race Re: Re: 320G? I don't want 100G, I would prefer 10Gig, and the edge doesn't have routers it has switches that I am trying to get layer 3 functionality to. But most of the virtual router vendors seem to be spending... brooks7, 11/13/2014 10:05:56 AM Alcatel-Lucent Joins Virtual Router Race Re: Re: 320G? So you take your 100G interface, break it apart into many interfaces and run them into lots of little routers. And this is a good idea because....? seven mnyhus, 11/13/2014 9:51:15 AM Alcatel-Lucent Joins Virtual Router Race Re: Re: 320G? get you into an aggregation box that aggregates the traffic to multiple smaller edge boxes brooks7, 11/13/2014 9:40:37 AM Alcatel-Lucent Joins Virtual Router Race Re: Re: 320G? Depends on your need...what will lots of low speed routers do if you have 100G interfaces? seven mnyhus, 11/13/2014 9:35:28 AM Alcatel-Lucent Joins Virtual Router Race Re: 320G? Im wondering who is going to use one x86 virtual router to pass 160Gig (who cares about single duplex)? when are the major players going to look inward and start planning on high quantities of lower speed virtual routers... Carol Wilson, 11/13/2014 9:16:32 AM Cisco's Chambers: Title II Talk Already Hurting Re: Re: Wow, just what the industry needs: regulatory uncertainty AT&T has already thrown down the gauntlet - its GigaPower plans are on hold until the net neutrality debate is resolved. It could be a long cold winter in the US. brooks7, 11/13/2014 8:28:27 AM Cisco's Chambers: Title II Talk Already Hurting Re: Re: Wow, just what the industry needs: regulatory uncertainty I think we have this problem with the change from Rate Base thinking to Rate Cap thinking across a lot of things. This impacts how people think about CAPEX. In the world of Rate Cap, the right CAPEX number for a carrier... bosco_pcs, 11/13/2014 8:16:35 AM Alcatel-Lucent Joins Virtual Router Race Re: Re: Old Is New Again Ray, I agree. Nuage is a spin-in unit, which has also been a Cicso's strategy to dip the toe into the emerging technology pool. There is almost no benefit of spinoff and plenty of downside [email protected], 11/13/2014 7:36:48 AM Alcatel-Lucent Joins Virtual Router Race Re: Re: Old Is New Again I think the question re spinoff was perhaps related to Nuage, the SDN unit within ALU. But no, this was developed by the IP team. MUGMODs, 11/12/2014 11:01:35 PM Cisco's Chambers: Title II Talk Already Hurting Re: QoE Is Obama visibly upset with an OTT QoE? Maybe NETFLIX in the oval is a little square! :) Just having fun! DHagar, 11/12/2014 10:10:20 PM Wheeler: Between a Rock and a Hard Place Re: Re: I would add Carol, I fully agree with you. It would be ideal to begin to define ideal concepts and draw the map but the reality is that there have been real investments made. I believe that the way forward needs to take... More Message Boards		2014 Awards The New IP Article: The Analytics/NFV/SDN Connection Elizabeth Miller Coyne , Editor , 11/13/2014 Making the connection between data analytics, NFV and SDN. (0) Article: Verizon's IoT Security Reality Check Elizabeth Miller Coyne , Editor , 11/12/2014 Verizon looks ahead at the coming year and provides insight into its IoT ... 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(0) Adtran Doubles Down in Europe Dan O'Shea, Managing Editor, 10/27/2014 Despite seeing softer spending in Europe during Q3, Adtran has increased its bets ... (1 Comment) More From India Megaphone Moment Rants, raves, and opinions Blow off some steam Latest 11/12/2014 4:51:32 PM Wheeler: It's about right or wrong, not rock or hard place Jack42 11/6/2014 10:34:59 AM Live from London – OSS in the Era of SDN & NFV burn0050 10/31/2014 5:44:53 PM Emerging Market Opportunities for Wearable Tech fredtaylor 10/31/2014 12:26:57 AM Verizon Perma Cookies? wanlord 10/24/2014 11:48:13 AM Boring? burn0050 10/18/2014 3:33:55 PM Sprint WiMax Shutdown on Nov 6: Not Really News, Is It?? DanJones 10/10/2014 5:15:37 PM A Second Chance mendyk 9/25/2014 10:50:02 PM Unintended consequences mendyk Tip Us Off! Send us your tip and we'll send you a t-shirt. *Anonymity assured (within reason). 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