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@mycingular.net | [ Bright House] "Spectrum "Enhancement" in Detroit suburbs Bright House will be doing a "Spectrum Enhancement" this spring and summer in the suburban Detroit area. They are upgrading node by node. It will offer more HD and faster internet. Anyone have any more info on this? Could this be DOCSIS 3.0? | |
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MacLeech
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join:2001-07-14
SoCal
1 edit | Re: [ Bright House] "Spectrum "Enhancement" in Detroit suburbs More then likely they upgrading to 1 Ghz gear from 860 Mhz or lower... Anything above 860Mhz isn't usable by currently issued cable boxes, DCR TVs, or DOCSIS 2 modems, so anything the cable company puts up there will require new CPE gear. | |
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DAze23x
join:2001-10-25
Sanford, FL | I know they plan on doing like some sort of new shit down here in Florida. A tech told me something but I forgot what it was. Something like live feeds where it takes a while to switch channels. Kinda like EVERY channel on demand always. | |
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 | sovere1gnty
join:2006-04-05
Lancaster, NY
| Re: [ Bright House] "Spectrum "Enhancement" in Detroit suburbs said by DAze23x  :I know they plan on doing like some sort of new shit down here in Florida. A tech told me something but I forgot what it was. Something like live feeds where it takes a while to switch channels. Kinda like EVERY channel on demand always. Thats switched digital video or SDV. | |
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Phillip M Dampier
join:2003-03-23
Rochester, NY
| "Spectrum enhancement" is typically a euphemism TW uses when talking about the deployment of switched video. It doesn't necessarily mean an improvement in data speeds or the deployment of DOCSIS 3.0 although both are eventual goals.
TW is under considerable pressure to better prepare for the coming expansion of high definition video programming as corporate headquarters signs more and more rollout contracts for HD cable nets. In many cities, there is simply insufficient bandwidth to accomodate the analog and present digital tiers -and- the additions of at least a dozen new HD channels in most franchise areas in 2008.
So, TW is managing the spectrum it has by localizing delivery of lesser-viewed cable networks (Fox Business News, Current, CNBC World, digital home shopping nets, etc.) so that they are transmitted to neighborhood nodes "on demand" (ie. when a viewer is actively watching or seeking to watch them). When nobody in a node is watching them, which will often be the case, that bandwidth is free for TW to use elsewhere.
The more channels delivered this way, the more free spectrum is theoretically available on their network.
Of course, eventual conversion of the entire platform of cable networks to digital delivery solves this problem even better, but consumers would rebel about having to attach a cable box or cable card on every set. | |
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