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Why Should I Move From PPPoA or PPPoE to DHCP?

By Marsha Hemmerich | September 20th, 2015 |Categories: Ask an Expert, ask a broadband expert, dhcp, free download, pppoa, pppoe, scott helms

In this edition of Ask a Broadband Expert we provide insight into why a telco or DSL operator should migrate to DHCP from PPPoE or PPPoA. And, if you are a broadband operator looking for a help with the provisioning of your CPE, don't forget to [...]

Kevin Mitchell on Digital Voice Opportunities

By Rick Yuzzi | June 9th, 2015 |Categories: Ask an Expert, Blog

Voice communications remain essential to individuals and businesses. This presents great digital voice opportunities for broadband service providers, who can offer an additional service over their broadband connection and gain some significant new [...]

SCTE's Steve Harris on DOCSIS PNM Training

By Marsha Hemmerich | April 20th, 2015 |Categories: Ask an Expert, Blog

DOCSIS Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) allows cable operators to leverage existing technology to troubleshoot and maintain their network more efficiently. Steve Harris, Senior Director of Advanced Network Technologies, Education and Engineering [...]

Buddy Bertram on Ingress and Return Path Analysis

By Marsha Hemmerich | February 5th, 2015 |Categories: Ask an Expert

One of the big questions being asked by providers is how do I handle ingress encountered in the reverse path? To their exasperation, many are finding that there’s not an easy solution to this question. Different types of spectrum analyzers [...]

Correlation Groups and vTDR in Proactive Network Maintenance

By Sheenika Wilson | October 1st, 2014 |Categories: Ask an Expert, PNM, proactive network maintenance, correlation groups, ask a broadband expert, PreEqualization Analyzer, vTDR

As its name suggests, proactive network maintenance (PNM) allows cable operators to get ahead of the curve in being able to diagnose issues in the cable plant. When network impairments are concentrated in an area, it’s easier to locate the problems [...]

Finding Common Impairments with DOCSIS Proactive Network Maintenance

By Marsha Hemmerich | September 19th, 2014 |Categories: Ask an Expert, PNM, proactive network maintenance, correlation groups, ask a broadband expert, DOCSIS pre-equalization, PreEqualization Analyzer, technical paper

Proactive network maintenance (PNM) and DOCSIS pre-equalization are important tools to mitigate upstream impairments. When a CMTS has pre-equalization enabled, it can look at the quality of the signals being received from all of the cable modems [...]

Ask a Broadband Expert - DDoS Attacks

By Marsha Hemmerich | June 25th, 2014 |Categories: Ask an Expert, DDoS Attacks, ask a broadband expert, Distributed Denial of Service Attacks

Help I’m Under Attack! Unfortunately that plea is becoming more and more common these days. Here’s why, and some ways that the ISP community can help. All networks receive packets from other networks. Normally a packet will contain the IP address [...]

Ask a Broadband Expert - DOCSIS Pre-Equalization

By Marsha Hemmerich | January 30th, 2014 |Categories: Ask an Expert, DOCSIS, ask a broadband expert, interview, pre-equalization

DOCSIS pre-equalization is a subject that every cable provider should know more about. With a simple line of code on the CMTS, you can achieve an immediate and significant improvement in your upstream signal levels.

Ask a Broadband Expert - Customer Support

By Marsha Hemmerich | December 17th, 2013 |Categories: Ask an Expert, ask a broadband expert, interview, network virtualization

A veteran of technical support and customer service, Jason Young has been with ZCorum since 1999 and serves as Vice President of Support Services. In that role he manages ZCorum’s call centers, including a staff that supports data, voice and video [...]

Ask a Broadband Expert - Rural Broadband Survival

By Marsha Hemmerich | October 3rd, 2013 |Categories: Ask an Expert, ask a broadband expert, interview, network virtualization

Nearly sixty-five percent of very rural residents who live outside of metropolitan areas, only have basic wired internet service and no access to the faster broadband that's needed in today's fast paced internet world. Overall, the country is [...]

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