01/24/02
1. More Modems Certified in December
2. FCC Allowed to Regulate Pole Attachment Fees
3. FTC Approves New ISPs to Offer Data Over AOL/TW
4. Comcast & Cox to Offer Residential Security Serives
5. Cox Migrating Subs; Mediacom Teams with AT&T
6. Core & Jones Cyber to Offer Integrated Solution
7. Motorola's Modem & STB Receive EuroDOCSIS Cert
8. Korea Thrunet, Cogeco & Rogers Report Subs
9. Dutch Operator Extends Order with Com21
10. NTL Considering Opening Access to ISPs
11. SolarWinds Introduces Network Management Software
12. Eastern Connecticut Using Alopa's Provisioning
13. Knology Offering Incanta's Music Service
14. AT&T Taps Thomson for "up to" 1 Million RCA Modems
15. Cox to Deploy Cisco's Gear for Park Place Hotels
1. More Modems Certified in December
CableLabs certified seven more DOCSIS 1.1 modems including technology
submitted by Ambit, Arris, Ericsson, S-A, Texas Instruments, Tellabs and
Toshiba. TI and Toshiba modems were certified in the previous wave. In
this wave, Toshiba had a new modem certified and a modem recertified.
CableLabs has already qualified headends submitted by Arris, Cadant, and
most recently, Cisco.
Twelve DOCSIS 1.0 cable modems were either certified or recertified in the
last 1.0 wave. The vendors included 3Com, Ambit, Cisco, D-Link, Hitron,
Motorola, Panasonic, Scientific Atlanta, Thomson Multimedia, and Toshiba.
To date, 193 1.0 modems have been certified and 26 headends qualified. The
latest 1.0 qualifications were awarded to Cisco and Pacific Broadband.
CableLabs
http://www.cablelabs.com
http://www.cablemodem.com
2. FCC Allowed to Regulate Pole Attachment Fees
The U.S. Supreme Court has overruled the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th
Circuit to allow the FCC to regulate fees that utility companies can charge
for pole attachments. Before, regulations applied to video services but
not to pipes that ran data services. As a result, utes were charging cable
ISPs as much as $38 per pole per year for attachments, up from $7.
FCC
http://www.fcc.gov
US Supreme Court
http://www.supremecourtus.gov
3. FTC Approves New ISPs to Offer Data Over AOL/TW
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission [FTC] has approved four ISPs to offer
services over AOL/TW's networks. Inter.net has been cleared to offer
services over the provider's systems nationwide. New York Connect can
offer services in the New York City area; Internet Junction in Tampa Bay
and Central Florida; and STIC.net in San Antonio, Houston, and Austin,
Texas. As part of a stipulation to the AOL and Time Warner merger, the FTC
has required that the cable operator allow at least three rival ISPs to
offer data services over its networks.
Time Warner
http://www.timewarner.com
4. Comcast & Cox to Offer Residential Security Serives
Security Broadband has announced that it will offer residential security
services over systems operated by Comcast and Cox. The SafeVillage service
will feature two-way audio and real-time video. Customers will be able to
view their homes remotely and interact with family members at home via a
web site. The first commercial launches are scheduled for this quarter in
Sarasota, Florida and Las Vegas.
Security Broadband
http://www.atsecurity.net
Comcast
http://www.comcast.com
Cox
http://www.cox.com
5. Cox Migrating Subs; Mediacom Teams with AT&T
Over the past month, Comcast and Cox have been moving data subscribers from
@Home's network to their own respective networks. Volumes of Comcast subs
reported transition problems similar to the AT&T subs - little to no
connectivity and little to no access to customer support to resolve the
problem. Cox plans to have all of its subs moved by the end of the month.
The provider is sending its subscribers a conversion kit through UPS. The
kit includes a user manual, installation CD, and coupon booklets.
Adelphia has already converted its 4,800 @Home subs to its PowerLink service.
Mediacom, an operator that has had two ISP partners go belly-up, has said
that it has signed a multi-year deal with AT&T to provide IP backbone and
Internet support services.
6. Core & Jones Cyber to Offer Integrated Solution
Core Networks has teamed with Jones Cyber Solutions to offer an integrated
network and subscriber management solution that combines Core's CoreOS
provisioning and management system and Jones' Intelligent Customer Support
System. The combined technology provides management support for voice,
video and data services. Telstra Clear is currently using the combined
solution in New Zealand.
In a separate announcement, Core has said that two former @Home Solutions'
affiliates, Antietam Cable and Advanced Cable, have chosen the company's
provisioning system. Antietam passes 42,600 homes in Washington County,
Maryland and Advanced Cable passes 80,000 homes in Coral Springs and
Weston, Florida.
Core Networks
http://www.corenetworks.com
Jones Cyber Solutions
http://www.jonescyber.com
7. Motorola's Modem & STB Receive EuroDOCSIS Cert
Motorola has announced that its SB4200E cable modem and its DVi5000 set top
with an internal modem have each been EuroDOCSIS certified by tComLabs.
The SB4200E includes a micro-processor that is 66% faster than previous
Motorola models. The DVi5000 is the first set top to be qualified by
tComLabs. The technology support video on demand, high-speed data, IP
telephony, and a platform for PVR, streaming media, IP and video
telephony, file transfer, session oriented gaming, and HDTV.
To date, Motorola leads the cable modem market, shipping more than 6.5
million modems.
In other Motorola news, the company has said that PentaCom will use its
networking equipment to offer voice, video and data over a 27-city Moscow
region network that will pass more than one million homes. Motorola will
supply its CG4500E residential gateway, BSR 1000 headend, SB4000 DOCSIS and
SB4101 EuroDOCSIS modems, OmniStar optical platform video encryption system
and CT-1900 cable television decoder.
Motorola
http://www.motorola.com/broadband
PentaCom
http://www.pentacom.ru
8. Korea Thrunet, Cogeco & Rogers Report Subs
Korea Thrunet ended the year with 1,314,248 data subs, up 46,732 for the
quarter. The provider has teamed with Roonets to offer high-speed data to
hotels. Rogers ended the quarter with 479,000 data subs, up 56,000 over
the quarter. Cogeco has reported ending the quarter with 124,289 data subs
[Ontario: 102,392, Quebec: 21,897], up 16,351 for the quarter.
9. Dutch Operator Extends Order with Com21
Com21 has said that it has extended its supplier agreement with N.V. Delta
Nutsbedrijven to provide cable modems and headend equipment for the
provider's ZeelandNet service in the Netherlands. The operator already has
21,000 cable modems and 30 headends deployed in the southern province of
the country.
In Com21's quarterly report, the vendor has announced that its cable modem
shipments declined 23% over the quarter to 149,000 units. The company
shipped 88,000 ATM modems, 61,000 DOCSIS modems and 116 headends. To date,
Com21 has shipped over 1.8 million cable modems and over 1,800 headends.
Com21
http://www.com21.com
10. NTL Considering Opening Access to ISPs
NTL has said that it is considering opening up its broadband network to
allow other ISPs to offer data services. The provider is currently in
talks with AOL and Freeserve. NTL is trying works its way out of $17
billion in debt.
NTL
http://www.ntl.co.uk
11. SolarWinds Introduces Network Management Software
SolarWinds has introduced two new software products including Orion Network
Performance Monitor and CATV Engineer's Edition Toolset. The performance
monitor provides web access to the health and status of nodes including
upstream and downstream statistics as well as signal to noise ratio for
every modem on the network. The technology monitors percentage
utilization, total bytes transferred, network latency, code word errors,
and the use of illegal modems on the system.
The CATV Engineer's Edition Toolset contains more than 37 network discover,
network diagnostic and network management tools such as IP Network Browser
discovery, Advanced Bandwidth Monitor, MIB Address Management, tools for
manipulating configuration files for Cisco routers, and security tools.
The performance monitor is priced by the node. Support for 100 nodes goes
for $1,975. An unlimited license is $7,975. The toolset, with support of
up to 5,000 nodes, is $1,495.
SolarWinds
http://www.solarwinds.net
12. Eastern Connecticut Using Alopa's Provisioning
After moving its @Home Solution subs to its own network, Eastern
Connecticut Cable Television will be using Alopa Networks' MetaServ
Provisioning Platform to manage subscribers.
Alopa Networks
http://www.alopa.com
13. Knology Offering Incanta's Music Service
Incanta has announced that Knology is offering Incanta's music broadcasting
service that provides users with 80 genre specific virtual audio stations
that contain more than 100,000 songs. Upon initial deployment, Incanta
reports that 15% of Knology's high-speed customers in the serviced area
signed up for the content and eleven percent of that bunch logged in daily,
using the service for more than an hour a day, on average.
Knology
http://www.knology.com
Incanta
http://www.incanta.com
14. AT&T Taps Thomson for "up to" 1 Million RCA Modems
Thomson Multimedia has announced that AT&T has signed an agreement that
calls for Thomson to supply the provider with up to one million DOCSIS
cable modems over the next two years. Thomson's RCA cable modems feature
USB and Ethernet connectivity, installation with start up LED sequencing,
built in diagnostics, data on/off button, support for up to 32 PCs, and
home network management software.
AT&T
http://www.att.com/broadband
Thomson Multimedia
http://www.thomson-multimedia.com
15. Cox to Deploy Cisco's Gear for Park Place Hotels
Cox Business Services Hospitality Network will deploy Cisco's equipment to
enable Park Place Entertainment properties to offer cable modem
connectivity in 20,000 hotel rooms across the U.S. Park Place properties
include many well known Las Vegas hotels such as Bally's, Caesars, Paris,
and Flamingo. Other properties are located in New Jersey, Nevada, and
Indiana. The network rollout is scheduled to be completed in 18 months.
Cox Communications
http://www.cox.com
Cisco Systems
http://www.cisco.com
Park Place Entertainment
http://www.parkplace.com
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