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News & Views Most Popular Comcast Targets 'Xfinity Flex' at Broadband-Only Subs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/21/2019 In-footprint offering, at $5 per month, provides integrated access to a variety of free and subscription OTT services, offers an upgrade path to pay-TV, and runs on an X1-powered 4K/HDR-capable TV-connected device. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner I've gotten a few questions about how Comcast will price and package its pay-TV... T-Mobile Details Home Internet Service to Challenge 'Cableopoly' By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 3/7/2019 T-Mobile released more details about plans to challenge Comcast and Charter with a fixed wireless Internet service. But the broader message was aimed at regulators reviewing its proposed merger with Sprint. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CableLabs CTO Ralph Brown Sets His Exit By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/1/2019 In another CableLabs-related personnel move, Ike Elliott has succeeded Mitch Ashley as president of organization's for-profit Kyrio subsidiary. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Cox's 5G Ambitions May Have Shifted From mmWave to CBRS By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 3/1/2019 Cox – America's third-largest cable TV company – isn't going to bid on mmWave spectrum, but it does apparently have interest in looking at the 3.5GHz CBRS band for wireless operations. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Margins on Streaming TV Packages 'Nothing to Write Home About' – Charter CFO By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/27/2019 But new, slimmer options enable Charter to focus on broadband-only customers that haven't responded to offers for traditional pay-TV service, Charter's Chris Winfrey says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) NCTC Plots Plan to Help Cable Ops Work Together on Broadband By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/25/2019 Cable industry co-op is heading up a new project to help its hundreds of tier 2/3 operator members get easier access to peering sites and reduce Internet transport costs, new VP of broadband solutions says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Amid 5G Buildout, AT&T Offloads More Traffic to WiFi By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 2/20/2019 Despite its efforts to build out new spectrum, densify its network and deploy 5G, AT&T is also working to add capacity to its network via an expanded WiFi offloading deal with Boingo. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Nearly 12% of Global Mobile Data to Ride 5G Networks by 2022 – Cisco Study By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/19/2019 5G will also represent about 3.4% of global connections by 2022 as 4G continues to dominate but begins to taper off as 5G activity picks up. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Amazon to Snap Up eero, Claw Into Whole-Home WiFi Market By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/11/2019 eero battles with the likes of Google and Netgear at retail, and has made some strides in the service provider sector. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Can Cable Beat 5G? By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 2/11/2019 Cable leaders will make the case for their new 10G initiative at Light Reading's Cable Next-Gen Technologies & Strategies event in Denver next month. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Clifton K Morris I have to respectfully disagree. 5G networks (according to the ITU specification;... Virgin Media, Arris Test 8-Gig Symmetrical Speeds By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/5/2019 Trial to involve about 50 homes will use Arris E6000 chassis outfitted with 10-Gig EPON line card and DOCSIS-based provisioning. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Virgin Media also posted a promo video about the project. It's heavy on the... Cable Next-Gen Is Calling By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 2/4/2019 Could our Cable Next-Gen Tech event make your cable dreams come true? Or are we just being delusional? In his head, LR cable guy Alan Breznick is there already... Post a Comment \| Read (0) Podcast: Bundle Up, Everyone. Pay-TV Is a Cold, Cold Business By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 1/31/2019 The world of pay-TV is an unholy mess, and no one is better at keeping up with the players, plans and problems than Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner. In this podcast, Jeff joins Phil Harvey for a chat about how cable providers are using mobile, why adding Netflix to your set-top isn't a bad idea and what kind of subscribers aren't worth chasing. Post a Comment \| Read (0) AirTies Buys a Piece of Technicolor By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/30/2019 AirTies CEO says acquisition of Technicolor's in-home WiFi software business and expertise will help company scale its platform to more devices and reach more service providers. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Pushes Past 1.2M Mobile Subscriber Lines By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/23/2019 Xfinity Mobile 'on track' to stand alone economically as unit is set to report out of Comcast's cable business starting in Q1 2019. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CES 2019: Cable's 10G Tech 'Will Work' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/10/2019 Early trials prove that Full Duplex DOCSIS tech is real and poised to help cable operators deliver symmetrical 10-Gig speeds on their widely deployed HFC networks, top industry execs say. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Uses AI to Clamp Down on Cyber Threats By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/8/2019 New Xfinity xFi Advanced Security service, which uses AI and machine learning techniques to identify and lock down threats on the in-home WiFi network, fetches $5.99 per month. Post a Comment \| Read (0) LR Teams With SCTE on Webinar Series By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 1/7/2019 In close partnership with SCTE\|ISBE, Light Reading will host and produce 'Live Learnings for Professionals' seminars on cable tech topics each month, starting with a January 17 webcast on improving the home networking experience. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Charter to Pay $175M to Settle Broadband Speed Suit By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/18/2018 Settlement stems from 2017 suit claiming that systems formerly run by Time Warner Cable in New York had under-delivered on promised Internet speeds. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Will Plume's Open Source Plan Pay Off? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/29/2018 Comcast, Liberty Global, Bell Canada, Samsung and Sagemcom are on board with 'OpenSync,' as Plume seeks much more buy-in for its smart home software initiative. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: epicmelon Agreed, though I wouldn't say it's a direct competitor necessarily. OpenSync... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Comcast Targets 'Xfinity Flex' at Broadband-Only Subs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/21/2019 In-footprint offering, at $5 per month, provides integrated access to a variety of free and subscription OTT services, offers an upgrade path to pay-TV, and runs on an X1-powered 4K/HDR-capable TV-connected device. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner I've gotten a few questions about how Comcast will price and package its pay-TV... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards Jeff Baumgartner, 3/21/2019 4:23:47 PM Comcast Targets 'Xfinity Flex' at Broadband-Only Subs Re: Pay-TV upgrades & broadband data plans I've gotten a few questions about how Comcast will price and package its pay-TV upgrade options on Flex. Comcast hasn't elaborated on how it will do this, by my guess is that they'll be similar to the pricing and packaging... Clifton K Morris, 2/11/2019 3:21:41 PM Can Cable Beat 5G? Re: Re: All aboard the hype train I have to respectfully disagree. 5G networks (according to the ITU specification; not yet ratified yet) is nothing more than LTE technology, but with an increase in QAM symbol rates. 3GPP TSGs for Release 15 show that... stownplayer, 2/11/2019 8:12:29 AM Can Cable Beat 5G? Re: Re: All aboard the hype train I have to agree with Macemoneta. Cable is riddled with issues and we still can't get symmetrical 1 gig yet. Cable has a long way to go and if history is any indicator it's going to take the cable industry 10 years ... macemoneta, 2/11/2019 7:41:52 AM Can Cable Beat 5G? Re: All aboard the hype train "ramping up from today's 1 Gig downstream speeds to tomorrow's 10-Gig symmetrical service will still be no easy matter." 1 gig speeds are still unaffordable / unavailable / capped at nonsensical levels to the majority... Jeff Baumgartner, 2/6/2019 10:27:02 AM Virgin Media, Arris Test 8-Gig Symmetrical Speeds Re: Promo Vid Virgin Media also posted a promo video about the project. It's heavy on the marketing, but some points therein: -Arris said it delivered on the project in 12 weeks-The trial uses existing street cabinets. -The specialized... epicmelon, 11/30/2018 1:45:03 PM Will Plume's Open Source Plan Pay Off? Re: Re: TR-369/USP and Opensync are competing standards Agreed, though I wouldn't say it's a direct competitor necessarily. OpenSync does a small fraction of what USP/TR-369 can do, particularly when it comes to the things that have already been modeled in the Device:2 data model... donalallen, 11/30/2018 6:36:36 AM Will Plume's Open Source Plan Pay Off? Re: TR-369/USP and Opensync are competing standards It's basically a competing standard to the Broadband Forum's TR-369/USP protocol that can also be used for cloud communication with CPEs and other devices, e.g. IoT. They will both likely co-exist - USP is backed by Arris... macemoneta, 11/29/2018 2:32:50 PM Will Plume's Open Source Plan Pay Off? Re: No need for a cloud The reality is that home automation has no need for Internet cloud-based services. I've personally replaced the firmware in the IoT devices I've purchased with open source Tasmota firmware. This provides me with all the... PaulChau, 11/28/2018 11:35:18 PM Making Smart Cities Smarter Re: This is just a development This is just a development of the internet of things isn't it? I reckon that once the whole broadband network is up, there will be so many opportunities for us to create a system where everything communicates easily with... parkardavid, 11/14/2018 8:07:47 AM FCC Tests Show WiFi Can Operate Safely in 5.9GHz Band Re: WiFi Test I have heard about this option. I also read about this when I found this option in the Router settings and got curious about this. But later found that it is an exciting and helpful feature to go with. The information... Jeff Baumgartner, 11/8/2018 2:19:27 PM Comcast Vetting Video Streaming Box for Broadband-Only Subs Re: clarification about X1 and Smart TVs As a point of clarification, the original story said Comcast was looking at possibly integrating X1 into other platforms, such as smart TVs, but the fact is that X1 is an OS at its core, so it's techincally possible that... Jeff Baumgartner, 10/31/2018 9:23:44 AM FCC Tests Show WiFi Can Operate Safely in 5.9GHz Band Re: Re: Hmm.. strictly speaking not exactly true... Thanks for the note and the comments. I did in fact read through the details, and it's true that the language they used is that the prototype devices "reliably detected DSRC signals" and that the prototypes were able to... CEO&Chai78815, 10/31/2018 4:11:27 AM FCC Tests Show WiFi Can Operate Safely in 5.9GHz Band Re: Hmm.. strictly speaking not exactly true... Hi Jeff - Actually, if you read the details of the FCC's statement on the testing (which is from 2016, btw) nowhere does it say exactly that 'Wi-Fi can operate safely in 5.9 GHz band'. It's a lot less conclusive. It only... Jeff Baumgartner, 10/30/2018 1:33:17 PM CommScope In Talks to Buy Arris – Report Re: Re: Future of the set-top biz? No argument there... I imagine they would consider anything in the ballpark of a fair price, if it came to that. In the meantime, they've already begun to tweak their set-top box biz by focusing on the most profitible... brooks7, 10/30/2018 12:38:42 PM CommScope In Talks to Buy Arris – Report Re: Re: Future of the set-top biz? Well, nobody is going to pay a premium on a business like that. So, unless someone is interested in buying it...put it in pure harvest mode. No development at all and no attempt at new sales. Take orders,... 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