Thursday, May 25, 2006
BigBand and NETGEAR bond on DOCSIS 3.0
BigBand and NETGEAR bond on DOCSIS 3.0 - 5/16/2006 12:31:00 PM - CED - CA6335384
This one's a puzzler. Why would a CMTS company and a cable modem company need to cooperate to enact an open industry standard? The whole point of DOCSIS (1.1, 2.0 or 3.0) is to ensure interoperability between devices from different vendors. Maybe I'm missing something.
Update: Mystery solved, they're working togather on DOCSIS 2.0b, which is an intermediate technology to allow the cable MSOs to provide 100 MBPS downstream bandwidth. This will keep them competitive with fiber deployments like Verizon's FiOS, bonded ADSL2+/VDSL2, etc. DOCSIS 3.0 will do this eventually, but compliant equipment won't be ready for at least another two years.
They need to cooperate because 2.0b is not an official DOCSIS standard.
Check out Leslie Ellis' explanation of 2.0b.
This one's a puzzler. Why would a CMTS company and a cable modem company need to cooperate to enact an open industry standard? The whole point of DOCSIS (1.1, 2.0 or 3.0) is to ensure interoperability between devices from different vendors. Maybe I'm missing something.
Update: Mystery solved, they're working togather on DOCSIS 2.0b, which is an intermediate technology to allow the cable MSOs to provide 100 MBPS downstream bandwidth. This will keep them competitive with fiber deployments like Verizon's FiOS, bonded ADSL2+/VDSL2, etc. DOCSIS 3.0 will do this eventually, but compliant equipment won't be ready for at least another two years.
They need to cooperate because 2.0b is not an official DOCSIS standard.
Check out Leslie Ellis' explanation of 2.0b.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
EETimes.com - Rising support for coax drives video networks home
EETimes.com - Rising support for coax drives video networks home
MoCA is talking up (or down?) very aggressive pricing for modem chipsets. Broadcom and ST certainly bring exceptional capabilities to the home networking party. The question seems to be when, not if, prices will hit these levels.
MoCA is talking up (or down?) very aggressive pricing for modem chipsets. Broadcom and ST certainly bring exceptional capabilities to the home networking party. The question seems to be when, not if, prices will hit these levels.
Entropic chips away at MoCA milestone
Entropic chips away at MoCA milestone - 5/16/2006 11:25:00 AM - CED - CA6335351
Not bad considering they shipped their first product in December 2004.
Not bad considering they shipped their first product in December 2004.
Monday, May 15, 2006
Whole-Home DVRs Driving Home Networking Over Coax Reports In-Stat
Whole-Home DVRs Driving Home Networking Over Coax Reports In-Stat
Whole-home DVR installations are expected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of more than 100% from 2006 to 2008, reports In-Stat. This is driving the market for home networking-over-coax chipsets, which will grow by more than 150% from 2005 to 2010. Coax seems to have become the medium of choice for home multimedia networking, with the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA), the Home Phone Networking Alliance (HPNA) and a proprietary technology from Coaxsys battling for dominance.
Whole-home DVR installations are expected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of more than 100% from 2006 to 2008, reports In-Stat. This is driving the market for home networking-over-coax chipsets, which will grow by more than 150% from 2005 to 2010. Coax seems to have become the medium of choice for home multimedia networking, with the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA), the Home Phone Networking Alliance (HPNA) and a proprietary technology from Coaxsys battling for dominance.
Infonetics Research
Infonetics Research is forecasting strong growth of OLT and ONT PON equipment. Services like Verizon's FiOS and AT&T's Lightspeed are driving these deployments. Worldwide PON subscribers are forecast to hit 31 million in 2009.
eHomeUpgrade | Value of Networked Consumer Devices and Networking Gear to Reach $85 Billion by 2011
eHomeUpgrade | Value of Networked Consumer Devices and Networking Gear to Reach $85 Billion by 2011
Big numbers from ABI research for home networking and connected entertainment devices.
Big numbers from ABI research for home networking and connected entertainment devices.
Digital TV DesignLine | Growth of DVR reshapes video business, says iSuppli
Digital TV DesignLine | Growth of DVR reshapes video business, says iSuppli
Yet another piece on explosive DVR growth.
Yet another piece on explosive DVR growth.
GigaOM : » The FTTH Update & IPTV Numbers
GigaOM : » The FTTH Update & IPTV Numbers
A wet blanket for the IPTV crowd from Om Malik. Om publishes one of the best blogs covering the Next Generation Internet, and has frequent posts related to multimedia networkign and broadband. Check him out.
A wet blanket for the IPTV crowd from Om Malik. Om publishes one of the best blogs covering the Next Generation Internet, and has frequent posts related to multimedia networkign and broadband. Check him out.
Video/Imaging DesignLine | MarketWatch: STBs with DVR capability explodes for cable, satellite, and IPTV
Video/Imaging DesignLine | MarketWatch: STBs with DVR capability explodes for cable, satellite, and IPTV
Another DVR story, this one closer to home. The DVR is seen as a key technology for cable providers to battle satellite. iSuppli expects the number of boxes with multi-room capability to expand from only a few million units last year to over 50 million units in 2010.
Another DVR story, this one closer to home. The DVR is seen as a key technology for cable providers to battle satellite. iSuppli expects the number of boxes with multi-room capability to expand from only a few million units last year to over 50 million units in 2010.
Broadband Home Report: March 6, 2006 Issue
Broadband Home Report: March 6, 2006 Issue
Here's a Euro-centric bit of data for you: Explosive growth in DVR usage in Europe is forecast by IMS Research, increasing from 2.6 million houeholds in 2005 to over 41 million in 2010. Multi-room DVRs are one technology that is seen driving the need for multimedia networking.
Here's a Euro-centric bit of data for you: Explosive growth in DVR usage in Europe is forecast by IMS Research, increasing from 2.6 million houeholds in 2005 to over 41 million in 2010. Multi-room DVRs are one technology that is seen driving the need for multimedia networking.
Digital TV DesignLine | Transition to Digital Cable & DTH expands Set-top Box offerings, presents challenges to operators
Digital TV DesignLine | Transition to Digital Cable & DTH expands Set-top Box offerings, presents challenges to operators
IMS Research forecasting a 15% increase in digital cable and satellite set-top boxes over the next five years, with 74.8 million shipping by the end of 2010.
IMS Research forecasting a 15% increase in digital cable and satellite set-top boxes over the next five years, with 74.8 million shipping by the end of 2010.
Video/Imaging DesignLine | Options in multimedia home networking abound
Video/Imaging DesignLine | Options in multimedia home networking abound
One of the reasons this space is so dynamic is the sheer number of options for multimedia networking and the rate at which things are changing. Wireless is widely touted as the nirvana technology, but QoS issues appear to persist.
One of the reasons this space is so dynamic is the sheer number of options for multimedia networking and the rate at which things are changing. Wireless is widely touted as the nirvana technology, but QoS issues appear to persist.
GigaOM : » AT&T, Alcatel’s Stealth Take Over of 2Wire?
GigaOM : » AT&T, Alcatel’s Stealth Take Over of 2Wire?
2Wire is an up-and-comer in the residential broadband space. An interesting note buried in this post is that 2Wire has sold 4 million home gateways already. You have to wonder where they've been deployed. Do you know anyone with a home gateway? Unless you're luckey enough to have FiOS or Lightspeed service, probably not. Maybe these sales are driven from Europe.
Another hidden gem is that Parks Associates predicts that annual shipments of residential gateways will grow from 3.7 million units in 2005 to nearly 16 million units by the end of 2009.
2Wire is an up-and-comer in the residential broadband space. An interesting note buried in this post is that 2Wire has sold 4 million home gateways already. You have to wonder where they've been deployed. Do you know anyone with a home gateway? Unless you're luckey enough to have FiOS or Lightspeed service, probably not. Maybe these sales are driven from Europe.
Another hidden gem is that Parks Associates predicts that annual shipments of residential gateways will grow from 3.7 million units in 2005 to nearly 16 million units by the end of 2009.
EETimes.com - Networking Makes Itself At Home
EETimes.com - Networking Makes Itself At Home
Huge numbers predicted by iSuppli for multimedia home networking. Forecasts like this are setting up a battle for control of the home network. Charts are in this pdf file.
Huge numbers predicted by iSuppli for multimedia home networking. Forecasts like this are setting up a battle for control of the home network. Charts are in this pdf file.
Standards Enable the Digital Home - Intel and Standards
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This blog is intended to be a place for me to collect information related to multimedia networking and broadband. I may opine from time to time as to what I think is happening or will transpire in the future. Leave comments if you like - I'd love to discuss the future of broadband.
It will primarily be US-centric, since that's where I live and work, but I will probably throw in some info from abroad as well. I'm going to start by adding some older information I've been tracking in a spreadsheet.
It will primarily be US-centric, since that's where I live and work, but I will probably throw in some info from abroad as well. I'm going to start by adding some older information I've been tracking in a spreadsheet.
