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
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
At 02:28 PM 9/12/2002 -0700, sal.sabella@hushmail.com wrote:
"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?
What does above-ground vs. below ground have to do with delivering MPEG2?? I have digital cable with MPEG2 video, my cable Internet access (DOCSIS compliant), and analog cable stations even though the cable in my neighborhood is underground (as are all the utilities) and immediately outside my neighborhood by the main road all the utilities appear to go back up onto poles to get anywhere. It might just be a misleading illusion but I think it runs above ground to get to the cable company's office as do the phone lines which I know for a fact. The cable company that services the area where I work is talking about rolling out digital cable soon and all of the people in their service area have above ground utilities including cable. Am I obsessing and were you just being sarcastic or is there a technical reason why you stated this? Vinny Abello Network Engineer Server Management vinny@tellurian.com (973)300-9211 x 125 (973)940-6125 (Direct) PGP Key Fingerprint: 3BC5 9A48 FC78 03D3 82E0 E935 5325 FBCB 0100 977A Tellurian Networks - The Ultimate Internet Connection http://www.tellurian.com (888)TELLURIAN
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