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Technology Stocks : Frank Coluccio Technology Forum - ASAP
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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (1096)2/9/2000 12:56:00 PM
From: DenverTechie  Read Replies (1) of 1782
 
Ray, I beg to differ, but there's really not a lot of "clever" thinking going on at Bend Cable.

It's not bleeding edge by any means. Along the lines of Frank C.'s response on this same post, I'll keep it brief. I think Frank's covered it pretty well actually. The architecture and configuration you describe has been implemented in many cable MSOs all over the country, from AT&T (nee TCI) to Adelphia and Cox and Comcast. The digital feeds are QAM modulated into analog carriers right along side the normal analog NTSC signals. The so called "digital" signals are just MPEG compressed (but still NTSC based) and decompressed and demodulated by the GIC2000 STB. Nothing out of the ordinary here that hasn't been done by all other MSOs who offer "digital cable". Digital audio works the same way. It's simply a digital modulation.

The voice service will most likely be circuit switched. Cox has had it in Southern California for a couple years now and AT&T will have at least 8 major markets launched by year end. Places like Chicago, Dallas, Denver and San Francisco. And the Internet on cable modems is most likely provided by HSA or one of the other standard cable ISPs.

What I'm telling you is that this is the standard model for cable MSOs today. Many have it all in place today, and those that don't will have it soon. Those that don't have this model in place or are not planning it for the immediate future will cease to exist. There is no place in the world for cable today that provides only 1 way video distribution downstream.
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