“One Touch NID: Triple Play with the Touch of a Button”
by Martin Pucher
Deploying Triple Play services can be inconvenient and costly, involving multiple truck rolls, invasive installations, and rewiring for the homeowner. Read how intelligent Network Interface Devices (NIDs) can give providers the capability to perform remote diagnostics and to turn on services remotely, thus reducing truck rolls, reducing costs for the provider and reducing inconvenience for homeowners.
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“Surge Protection’s Essential Role in Cable Triple Play”
by Justin Junkus
Cable companies are well positioned to deliver the Triple Play of video, high speed data, and voice to consumer homes, boosting revenues in the process. However, the same communication lines that deliver these services into the home can also conduct electrical surges from lightening and downed powerlines that send upwards of 100,000 amps of current in as well. Read how a $4 investment per home can solve the problem.
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“The Number Portability Switch”
by Jay Junkus
In the cable telephony game, a rapid turnaround from customer order to installation is critical. Video and high-speed data can often be up and running within one to three business days. Voice service, however, often requires arranging for the subscriber to keep an existing phone number, and this porting process can take as long as three weeks. This article examines a new category of devices that allows customer premises work to be completed for all services at the same time, with automatic voice service activation when the porting is ready.
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