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News & Views Most Popular Have Cable Business Services Topped Out? By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 10/18/2018 The US cable industry is now pulling in close to $18 billion in annual revenues from commercial services, but the growth rate falling. How much lift is left for cable? Post a Comment \| Read (0) Jack Burton: Cable's 5G Network Opportunity By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 10/15/2018 Broadband Success Partners Principal Jack Burton says 5G represents a great opportunity for cable MSOs to work with 5G network operators and provide not only backhaul, but facilities -- real estate on poles, towers in headends and central offices. Cable's proximity to the customer could provide them a revenue source tied to 5G and edge computing, as well as a long-term hedge against obsolescence. Post a Comment \| Read (0) How Cablecos Can Turn From Victims to Victors By Jack S. Burton, Principal, Broadband Success Partners, 10/8/2018 In this last of a three-blog series, we will explore the potential for cable operators and other broadband providers to work with their OTT and access rivals. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Clifton K Morris If memory serves me correct, WallStreet and analysists were talking about Comcast... Advertisement When Making SD-WAN Plans, Don't Shirk Security By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/4/2018 Security requirements 'can change the design of your overall network dramatically,' says Orange Business's John Isch. Post a Comment \| Read (0) How Cable Has Fueled OTT By Jack S. Burton, Principal, Broadband Success Partners, 10/3/2018 In the second part of this three-part series, Burton explores the rise of OTT, as well as its impact on cable operators and other broadband service providers. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Design Matters – Even for Business Service Providers By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/26/2018 Spectrum Enterprise's Scott Fairchild says business service providers should borrow from the customer experience playbooks of Apple, Tesla and Bose. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: ChristopherJames Of course there is a certain aesthetic to providing service in your business.... Comcast Business Positions Itself 'Beyond Fast' By Matt Davis, Founder and Principal Analyst, Independence Research LLC, 9/26/2018 At analyst event in Philadelphia, Comcast's business unit launches new branding strategy to promote SD-WAN and other services that go beyond high data speeds. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Future State for MSOs: Ready or Not? By Jack S. Burton, Principal, Broadband Success Partners, 9/25/2018 OTT has changed everything and now 5G is on the way. How can cable operators stay ahead? Post a Comment \| Read (0) Video Playing 'Supporting Role' as Comcast Focuses on Connectivity By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/12/2018 Comcast CEO talks up 'Broadband 2.0' initiative that focuses on capacity, coverage and service management. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Liberty Latin America Rebounds From Hurricanes By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 8/13/2018 Bouncing back from hurricane-wracked results over the previous year, Liberty Latin America scores strong subscriber gains in second quarter but revenues and income still lag. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cox Business Bulks Up With RapidScale Buy By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/9/2018 Deal gives Cox biz services unit a broader set of managed cloud services targeted to a mix of verticals. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Altice USA: 'Wait Till Next Year!' By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 8/3/2018 Fourth-biggest US MSO is laying the groundwork for a fresh wave of subscriber and revenue growth next year with FTTH buildout, uber set-top rollout, 1-Gig deployments and MVNO deal. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Asks Wall Street: Where Is the Love? By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 7/26/2018 Number one US cable and broadband provider flexes broadband muscles as it seeks to prove to financial community that it's still got its good-old growth mojo going. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Phil_Britt Communications stocks often rise and fall together. With CBS, Facebook and... CableLabs Clears Coherent Optics for Takeoff By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/6/2018 New specs from CableLabs aim to help cable operators bulk up fiber capacity as they start to distribute their access networks. Post a Comment \| Read (0) FCC Poised to Gut '96 Telecom Act By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 7/3/2018 Smaller ISPs head to DC to fight for continued access to unbundled loops but compromise by large incumbents may spell doom for UNEs. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 The UNE-L & P requirements apply to the copper network and there is... Comcast Service Down – Just Start the Weekend Now By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 6/29/2018 A fiber cut by a backbone network partner took out service for business and residential customers of Xfinity Internet, video and voice, according to Comcast. Post a Comment \| Read (5 comments) Latest Comment: Joe Stanganelli Have we learned nothing from AWS outages of years past? Redundancy, redundancy,... Analyst: Cable Gaining in Enterprise, but CenturyLink, Windstream Also Strong By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 6/18/2018 New report from Matt Davis of Independence Research looks at the varying strategies and find key differences are aiding cable and telco. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Why Ubiquitous Connectivity Matters By Francesco Venturini, Managing Director, Global Communications & Media Industries, Accenture, 6/11/2018 Here's how CSPs can inject ubiquitous connectivity to achieve growth in the enterprise space. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Tackling the Fiber & CEM Gaps By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 5/29/2018 Spectrum Enterprise chief Phil Meeks spells out how his cable unit is addressing the connectivity and customer experience needs of businesses. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Spectrum Enterprise EVP Asks Industry to Fill Fiber & Feedback Gaps By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 5/18/2018 Spectrum Enterprise chief urges other telecom service providers to follow company's lead and extend more fiber lines to businesses and consumers. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards Clifton K Morris, 10/9/2018 1:44:20 AM How Cablecos Can Turn From Victims to Victors Re: I shared this on Wireless Week First... If memory serves me correct, WallStreet and analysists were talking about Comcast making a tender offer to buy Verizon about three years ago. Instead of buying Verizon, SpectrumCo (the company originally formed for... ChristopherJames, 10/8/2018 4:30:15 AM Design Matters – Even for Business Service Providers Re: hi Of course there is a certain aesthetic to providing service in your business. Design is not purely isolated to products you know. You have to have a certain style and representation of your company and what it can do in... TiannaDouville, 8/7/2018 11:20:30 AM Charter Has a Secret TV App for Colleges Re: reccomendation Creation a tv app for colleges is a good idea. Students have to develop themselves. For this goal, I recommend using the best essay writing service which you can find here - papersbattle.com. It will write and check pape... Phil_Britt, 7/28/2018 12:58:18 PM Comcast Asks Wall Street: Where Is the Love? Re: Ebb and Flow Communications stocks often rise and fall together. With CBS, Facebook and Twitter all falling hard recently, it will be a while before Comcast recovers. brooks7, 7/3/2018 12:59:43 PM FCC Poised to Gut '96 Telecom Act Re: Copper Only The UNE-L & P requirements apply to the copper network and there is a thriving business in the fiber wholesale market (see Zayo) as an example. So, who does this really hurt? Carriers trying to sell Ethernet-over-Copper? ... mendyk, 7/3/2018 12:20:22 PM FCC Poised to Gut '96 Telecom Act Re: Job fare It's more than a little funny how companies seize on job protection when they are facing threats to their business. Those same companies usually don't have a problem cutting jobs when it suits their purpose. Joe Stanganelli, 7/3/2018 6:32:00 AM Comcast Service Down – Just Start the Weekend Now Re: BUILD MOAR Have we learned nothing from AWS outages of years past? Redundancy, redundancy, redundancy!Even if this is a major backbone fiber, chances are, if one severed fiber could completely take down major parts of your network,... Michelle, 6/30/2018 4:14:56 PM Comcast Service Down – Just Start the Weekend Now Re: Re: Really? Let's hope it doesn't come to that. I can imagine the publicity helps put pressure on to move a lot faster. Maybe the phones are on a timer to automatically forward to the 'we're closed' message. sarcher60555, 6/30/2018 3:34:40 AM Comcast Service Down – Just Start the Weekend Now Re: Re: Really? When Monday comes around, they will start troubleshooting. Michelle, 6/29/2018 11:23:16 PM Comcast Service Down – Just Start the Weekend Now Re: Re: Really? I want to know if the two cuts really were unrelated. This has sinister movie villan written all over it ;) Mobile data usage and Starbucks visits should spike this weekend. Duh!, 6/29/2018 6:47:17 PM Comcast Service Down – Just Start the Weekend Now Re: Really? Two fiber cuts = a widespread outage? Really? I'd dearly like to see the post-mortem report on that one. kq4ym, 4/29/2018 9:38:51 AM Pay-for-Play Is a Sticking Point in Congress Re: Re: TR nailed it The recent changes at YouTube would on the face of it seem to harm their profits as they've eliminated revenue sharing with the folks with less than a thousand subscribers, but on the other hand they've probably guesses... Phil_Britt, 4/19/2018 3:57:13 PM Can Cable's IoT Dethrone Alexa? Re: Expensive New Market Yes, cable companies need to find new sources of revenue, and there digital assistant market still has room for growth, but Amazon and Google have established themselves and anyone new in the market would have to spend much... brooks7, 4/18/2018 11:20:29 PM Pay-for-Play Is a Sticking Point in Congress Re: Re: TR nailed it Right now there is more discriminatory practice at Youtube than AT&T or Verizon. They have cut low sub (read new) channels from monetizing. seven Mitch Wagner, 4/18/2018 2:14:28 PM Pay-for-Play Is a Sticking Point in Congress Re: TR nailed it Railroads faced a similar problem more than a century ago, and the solution found there would work on the Internet: Service providers can prioritize different types of traffic, but they need to charge the same rate for different... More Message Boards		Security Now GreyEnergy Group Tied to Power Plant Attacks in Ukraine & Poland Scott Ferguson, Managing Editor, Light Reading, 10/18/2018 Research from ESET has uncovered a new group called GreyEnergy, which appears to ... (0) Your People Can't Secure Your Network? Try Tier 0 Automation Alan Zeichick, Principal Analyst, Camden Associates, 10/18/2018 Keeping up with modern security requirements requires a multi-prong approach. One ... 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