Tag: GigaXtend
September 9, 2021
ATX Names Digicomm as Stocking Distribution Partner for 1.25GHz Taps & Passives
Expansion of next-gen outside plant distribution deal also includes 1GHz- or 1.2GHz-compatible split upgrade kits “We’ve been good partners with Digicomm for years, and over the last year Digicomm has been invaluable in ensuring the timely and uninterrupted delivery of outside plant technology critical to the current and future success of our global customer base.” [...]
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August 23, 2021
Why Cable Operators are in ‘Good Hands’ with DOCSIS
By Joe McGarvey, Senior Director, Marketing | Recent news cycles have been dedicated to the debate over whether cable operators should continue investment in their HFC networks or instead ditch their DOCSIS® ambitions in favor of some flavor of Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) technology. Any declaration of support for either approach, like this one, is treated as [...]
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July 13, 2021
Catching up with SCTE 1.8GHz Actives Working Group Co-author Mike Whitley
By Joe McGarvey, Senior Director, Marketing | Standards are essential to the cable industry. Without them, innovation slows and the cost of building out networks capable of delivering world-class speed and bandwidth to millions of subscribers soars. Not surprisingly, standards development is a significant contributor to the cable industry’s longtime success in delivering unmatched broadband [...]
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June 25, 2021
Cable Operators Weigh Upstream Bandwidth Expansion Options
By Joe McGarvey, Senior Director, Marketing | Surfing the Internet has long been a heavily asymmetrical activity, with end users receiving magnitudes more data than they send back toward the headend. But the disproportion between downstream and return-path traffic payloads is beginning to dissipate. Increases in the sophistication of online gaming, an uptick in the [...]
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February 10, 2021
Midco Turns to ATX Networks for 1.2GHz HFC Amplifier Upgrade
ATX’s GainMaker-compatible amplifiers enable Midwest cable operator to continue to fulfill its customer service goals DALLAS, FEB. 10, 2021 ATX Networks, a global leader in broadband access and media distribution solutions, is providing Midco, a South Dakota-headquartered communications company, with its GigaXtend™ GMC Series of 1.2GHz Line Extenders and System Amplifiers. Midco embarked on [...]
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December 11, 2020
Why the Unification of CableLabs and SCTE is a Big Deal
By Dan Whalen, ATX President & CEO | CableLabs and SCTE-ISBE this week made official their recently announced merger plans with the successful conclusion of a vote by SCTE members to make their organization a subsidiary of CableLabs, effective Jan. 1, 2021. I’m going to go out on a limb and predict that neither side [...]
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September 8, 2020
When will 10G of Bandwidth Not be Enough?
By Joe McGarvey, Senior Director, Marketing | OK, so that’s a trick question. Nobody, short of Nostradamus or even Achilles the Cat, can predict with any certainty when a 10Gbps pipe will lack the heft that subscribers will require to effectively participate in the digital environments they desire. What’s certain, though, is that a 10Gbps [...]
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May 20, 2020
ATX GainMaker-Compatible Amplifiers: Accept no Substitutes
By Joe McGarvey, Senior Director, Marketing | The English language is rife with idioms about authenticity. Advertisers scream at us daily to “accept no imitations” or “purchase no substitutes.” Even common surnames, like “McCoy,” have morphed into catchphrases to distinguish the “real” from the wannabe. Why the obsession with originality? One reason might be as [...]
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April 22, 2020
ATX and AOI Enter Technology and Manufacturing Partnership
Complementary relationship designed to accelerate and strengthen ATX’s expanding HFC portfolio DALLAS AND SUGAR LAND, TX, April 22, 2020 ATX Networks, a global leader in broadband access and media distribution solutions, and Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAOI), a leading provider of fiber-optic and cable broadband access equipment, have entered into a technology and manufacturing agreement. [...]
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July 10, 2019
How Next-Gen Taps & Passives Can Help Tune Your Network to Perfection
By Joe McGarvey, Senior Director, Marketing | Like nearly everyone these days, I can fit what amounts to all of my music-playing equipment, along with my entire music collection, into my back pocket. That wasn’t always the case, of course. Not that long ago, I could easily consume an entire wall of a good-size room [...]
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