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News & Views Most Popular Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos By Iain Morris, News Editor, 3/21/2019 Google's new gaming platform could usher in a new age of cloud gaming, with ramifications for parents and telcos worldwide. Post a Comment \| Read (6 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 Ever done it? The experience is awful compared to other platforms. seven ... Cable Access Network Capex in for a Lumpy Ride By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/21/2019 Spending expected to be sporadic as operators weigh when and how to migrate to distributed access architectures. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Why Cable Operators Need DAA By Jaimie Lenderman, Senior Analyst, Ovum, 3/4/2019 Cablecos must go beyond platform upgrades like DOCSIS 3.1 to stay truly competitive with the growing number of FTTH offerings from rival providers. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Casa Systems Seeks Wireless Gains Amid Wireline Pains By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/25/2019 Vendor makes moves into wireless and mobile as pace of distributed access architecture deployments by cable operators goes slower than anticipated. Post a Comment \| Read (0) How Cable Vendors Could Profit From DAA Upgrades By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/21/2019 Cable network suppliers are in for a rough 2019 as MSOs remain in decision-mode, but relief is ahead as DAA deployments help infrastructure investments rise to $2B by 2023, Dell'Oro says. 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... Advertisement Harmonic Touts Progress With Virtualized & Distributed Cable Network Deployments By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/4/2019 First wave of virtualized CCAP deployments centered on small and midsized MSOs as larger cable ops begin to turn hard on distributed access architectures, CEO says. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner George Notter with Jefferies put out a note that he's "still on the sidelines"... 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) CommScope-Arris Deal Races Ahead By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/1/2019 Eyeing a closing by mid-year 2019, Arris shareholders have resoundingly approved the proposed $7.4 billion acquisition by CommScope. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Charter CEO: 'Spectrum Mobile Is Ramping Up' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/31/2019 Operator adds 113,000 mobile lines in Q4 as new product starts to take a bigger role in Charter's triple-play bundle. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Denmark's Stofa Offers Glimpse of the Future HFC Network By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/30/2019 Danish cable operator teams with Arris on what's billed as one of the largest distributed access architecture deployments, involving 'hundreds' of remote PHY fiber nodes. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Using AI for Smarter Cable CX By Craig Leddy, 1/24/2019 A new Tractica report looks at how cable providers are mining their big data and using data-based methods to boost network performance, resolve service issues and manage customer care. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Casa's Q4 Sales Come in Light Amid MSO Spending Delays By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/18/2019 Casa stock gets walloped as Q4 results come in well below estimates. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Simon Leopold put out a follow-up on this today, mentioning that the issues... CES 2019: The Phony 5G Wars By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/10/2019 Recapping the tech-fest in Vegas, Light Reading's Dan Jones, Mike Dano and Jeff Baumgartner discuss the clash between US mobile operators over what is – and isn't – true 5G, and cable's '10G' tilt. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Clifton K Morris This is reminiscent of the days when Sprint launched "3G" services; commonly... 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) 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) NCTA Trademarks '10G' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/7/2019 Move over, 5G. CableLabs and Cable Europe also get behind the brand they'll use to identify the industry's push toward HFC networks that can deliver speeds of 10 Gbit/s. Post a Comment \| Read (6 comments) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Hi Dave, I've been remiss in responding to you earlier. Thanks for the... Cable to Tout '10G' at CES By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/4/2019 'The Future of the Broadband Network' panel to talk up industry's vision toward symmetrical 10Gbit/s broadband technologies, counter the 5G hype. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner I agree...getting to 10G symmetrical is a ways out, and it's not clear when... Five Signs That the US Cable Industry Is Fracturing By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/1/2019 MSO-on-MSO competition, lawsuits, diverging network strategies, out-of-footprint OTT video threats... this is not your father's cable industry. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos By Iain Morris, News Editor, 3/21/2019 Google's new gaming platform could usher in a new age of cloud gaming, with ramifications for parents and telcos worldwide. Post a Comment \| Read (6 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 Ever done it? The experience is awful compared to other platforms. seven ... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards brooks7, 3/22/2019 12:58:09 PM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact Ever done it? The experience is awful compared to other platforms. seven Norm, 3/22/2019 11:55:44 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact brooks7, people are playing fortnite on a phone already. brooks7, 3/22/2019 11:41:45 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact @Gabriel, I think that 4K and 8K video are DOA, so I don't think this is as big a deal as others. As we head to personal streaming services, I think screen sizes are going to shrink and we may see the end of the central... Gabriel Brown, 3/22/2019 10:59:57 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact I was being a tiny bit fliappant, but also a bit serious. Obviously, it would be a small addresable market if you need 1 Gbit/s connection. Google says you need ~25 Mbit/s for 1080 60FPS and probably quite a bit less in... brooks7, 3/22/2019 8:51:25 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact If you don't recall, this is an idea that has been tried before. It should not take Gigabit services, it is just hosting a video stream. Also this notion of all devices is not going to work. You are not... Gabriel Brown, 3/22/2019 6:08:12 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Stadia Impact Finally an app to give that 1 Gbit/s FTTH connection a workout. SabrinaWorker, 3/14/2019 7:58:41 AM AT&T Launches Low-Income Broadband Tiers Re: Great News Such a great news for me. Now my kids will do their homework faster. And I won`t waste more than 10$ for the internet. johnkeo, 3/6/2019 1:04:10 AM AT&T Launches Low-Income Broadband Tiers Re: nice it was nice to know about the info Character count 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... Jeff Baumgartner, 2/5/2019 8:45:56 AM Harmonic Touts Progress With Virtualized & Distributed Cable Network Deployments Re: Notter: CableOS still in 'show-me' mode George Notter with Jefferies put out a note that he's "still on the sidelines" on the stock amid the solid Q4 alongside the disappointing guidance. And while Harmonic is making progress with CableOS, "it's not a given that... Jeff Baumgartner, 2/4/2019 9:46:17 PM Harmonic Touts Progress With Virtualized & Distributed Cable Network Deployments Re: About that Q1 guidance Raymond James analyst Simon Leopold offered some color on the weaker guidance in a research note issued Monday night. He noted that there could be a seasonable impact on that Q1 guidance, given that DAA deployments are... Jeff Baumgartner, 1/23/2019 1:39:12 PM NCTA Trademarks '10G' Re: Re: US Trademark Laws Hi Dave, I've been remiss in responding to you earlier. Thanks for the heads up on that link and the mention that the database is in need of some updating. And it was a reminder to me to go back...Just ran... More Message Boards		Security Now Facebook Exposes Millions of Unencrypted User Passwords Larry Loeb, Author, 3/22/2019 It's an internal matter – but it could affect millions of the social ... 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