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Cox's Finkelstein: On Advanced Tech, DOCSIS 4 & More As executive director of Advanced Technology at Cox Communications, Jeff Finkelstein not only has his finger on the pulse of next-generation tech, he also helps design and drive the direction of the solutions powering cable infrastructure. Now that cable operators are deploying DOCSIS 3.1 market-wide, Finkelstein is working toward "DOCSIS 4 or DOCSIS dot Next," he told Light Reading's Alan Breznick. This futuristic specification will extend far beyond D3.1 and Full Duplex, enabling symmetrical broadband up to 30Gbit/s -- or potentially 60Gbit/s, Finkelstein said. (By comparison D3.1 allows for up to 10Gbit/s downstream, 2Gbit/s upstream; Full Duplex enables symmetrical speeds up to 10Gbit/s.) Having worked on prior DOCSIS iterations, it should be no surprise that Finkelstein sees a future for DOCSIS. Nor is it surprising he wants to craft that future. That role fits handily with his responsibilities at Cox, which include overseeing the cable operator's strategic network direction and digital transformation. This melds engineering know-how with business skills and a keen sense of recognizing when investments will (or won't) pay off for customers or Cox. A long-term fiber-to-the-home strategy makes more sense than a short-term approach that adds on just enough fiber as it's needed, he told Light Reading's Carol Wilson. Deploying D3.1 sooner than later improves customer experience, avoids many service interruptions and costly repairs of D3 infrastructure and accelerates operators' return on investment time, he noted. All these investments coupled with a long- and short-range vision of a service provider's destination are crucial -- and part of the conversation Broadband World News Editor Alison Diana looks forward to having with Cox Executive Director of Advanced Technologies Jeff Finkelstein on Thursday, May 24 at 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m. PT/6:00 p.m. BST. An engaging, extremely knowledgeable industry titan, Finkelstein will take audience members' questions, so register here and mark your calendars! Related posts:
— Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News. Follow us on Twitter or @alisoncdiana. |
In a flurry of activity throughout the week, Donald (DJ) LaVoy, Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development at the US Department of Agriculture, and his team spent about $145.8 million in the non-urban or suburban areas of seven states.
Calix reported revenue of $120.19 million – up 4% – in Q4 2019, putting a bounce in the step of company president and CEO Carl Russo and a shine to Calix's ongoing transition from hardware vendor to a provider of platforms enabled by cloud, APIs and subscriber experience.
Looking to curtail e-waste and improve the bottom line, BT will require customers to return routers and set-top boxes, although subscribers will not have to pay a fee when they receive regular broadband equipment.
The industry standards organization is looking to ease operator pain from residential WiFi, while it also sees initiatives in connected home and other projects bear fruit.
Deploying DOCSIS 3.1 across its entire footprint gave Rogers Communications the ability to offer speeds of up to 1 Gbit/s,
contributing to a broadband segement that generated about 60% of the Canadian operator's $3.05 billion (US) in Q4 cable earnings.
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