cable access
Building the Cable Access Network for the Next Decade
When I talk with service provider customers these days about their goals, it’s a very different conversation than in the past. It’s no longer just technology and procurement people in the room; more and more, the people launching the actual services are steering the discussion. And they don’t want t…
What’s “Evolved” About An “Evolved CCAP”?
By Todd McCrum, Director of Product Management, Cable Access Business Unit, Cisco If you’re making the rounds at this week’s INTX, you’ve likely gotten wind of our flagship product announcement — the Gig-maker that is the cBR-8, as part of Cisco’s Evolved CCAP solution. Our categorization of i…
Getting Broadband Where It Needs to Be: Introducing the CBR-8
Here’s an industrially trending topic: Broadband speeds. We had the January 2013 FCC mandate for at least one Gigabit community in all 50 states by this year. We have Google’s continued Gigabit push, expected to roll into 18 more cities this year. The National Cable & Telecommunications Associat…