Why Should I Move From PPPoA or PPPoE to DHCP?
Migrating to DHCP 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 [...]
Kevin Mitchell on Digital Voice Opportunities
Kevin Mitchell on Digital Voice Opportunities for Service Providers 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 [...]
SCTE’s Steve Harris on DOCSIS PNM Training
SCTE's Steve Harris on DOCSIS PNM Training 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, [...]
Buddy Bertram on Ingress and Return Path Analysis
Buddy Bertram on Ingress and Return Path Analysis 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 [...]
Correlation Groups and vTDR in Proactive Network Maintenance
Ask an Expert: Correlation Groups and vTDR in PNM As its name suggestion, proactive network maintenance (PNM) allows cable operators to get ahead of the curve in being able to diagnose issues in the cable plant. [...]
Finding Common Impairments with DOCSIS Proactive Network Maintenance
Finding Common Impairments with DOCSIS Proactive Network Maintenance 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 [...]
Training and Employee Development for Cable Operators
Ask an Expert: Training and Employee Development Ever wonder where you can find the education for you and your staff to help improve various aspects of your cable operation? We turned to the cable curriculum [...]
Ask a Broadband Expert – DDoS Attacks
Mitigating DDoS Attacks with Ingress Filtering 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 [...]
Ask a Broadband Expert – DOCSIS Pre-Equalization
DOCSIS Pre-Equalization with Brady Volpe 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 [...]
Ask a Broadband Expert – Customer Support
Customer Service Spotlight with Jason Young 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 [...]
Ask a Broadband Expert – Rural Broadband Survival
Rural Broadband Survival Through Public-Private Partnerships 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 [...]
Ask a Broadband Expert – The Advantages of Network Virtualization
The Advantages of Network Virtualization Peter Olivia is the Director of Systems Engineering for ZCorum and joined the company in 2011. An honors graduate of the University of Florida, Pete resides with his family in Marietta, [...]