Hi Sal, Thanks for the response. The 'Broadband' in Broadband Laboratories actually refers to the Microwave flavor of last-mile and long-haul data transmission. As a general operating philosophy, we eschew wired last-mile network solutions (DSL, Cable) as inefficient, costly to capitalize, and costly to maintain. For example, the local cable company spent over $100m for an HFC buildout of our local market which only covered 30% of the metropolitan area. I could probably cover 25 of the top metropolitan markets with that kind of capital :) Regards, Christopher J. Wolff, CIO Broadband Laboratories, Inc. http://www.bblabs.com -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of sal.sabella@hushmail.com Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 2:28 PM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: IP over in-ground cable applications. "Christopher J. Wolff" wrote:
Can anyone recommend a method for integrating TCP/IP with an existing analog cable television network.
Yes Chris, it's called DOCSIS. I would think that a CIO of a company named "Broadband Labs" would have a lab in which to experiment with cable.
My current thoughts on this are to digitize the satellite video into mpeg2 and deliver it over TCP/IP through the in-ground cable.
What about the neighborhoods with above-ground cable, how would you deliver service to them? Sal Sabella Get your free encrypted email at https://www.hushmail.com