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MAY/JUNE 2014
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FTTH DEPLOYMENTS
14
MDG and Bright House Networks Build ULTRAFi Communities /
By Masha Zager, Broadband Communities
WIRELESS DEPLOYMENTS
18
A Great Reception for London's Super Skyscraper / By Moti Shalev, Axell Wireless
22
Minneapolis Mart Gets a Wireless Makeover / By Masha Zager, Broadband Communities
COMMUNITY BROADBAND
42
Planning for the Best Case / By Craig Settles, Gigabit Nation
2014 BROADBAND COMMUNITIES SUMMIT
46
Open for Business in the Global Economy / By Anthony Wilhelm, NTIA
50
Let's Gigafy America / A BBC Staff Report
TECHNOLOGY
60
Next Steps in Cable Broadband
Evolution / By John Richard "Ric"
Johnsen, CommScope Inc.
64
Making Broadband Transparent /
By Brian Larson, Clearfield Inc.
68
The Unique Test Challenges of
PON Deployment: Part 2 /
By Michael Scholten, AFL
71
Measuring Broadband Usage /
By Mark Momerak, NISC
BROADBAND APPS
73
Consumer Experience in
Connected Homes /
By Alan Messer, Clarke Stevens and
Wouter van der Beek, UPnP Forum
SPECIAL SECTION
DEPARTMENTS
2
EDITOR'S NOTE
6
BANDWIDTH HAWK
75
MARKETPLACE ADS
76
ADVERTISER INDEX /
CALENDAR
IN THIS ISSUE
PROVIDER PERSPECTIVE
8
Don't Sleep on Your Speed
Number / By Bryan J. Rader,
Bandwidth Consulting LLC
However imperfect a metric,
broadband speed is what
customers know and care
about.
PROPERTY OF THE MONTH
10
The Brookwood, Atlanta:
'Fastest Condo in the
Community' / By Masha Zager,
Broadband Communities
The condo association at this
upscale building installed its
own high-speed, low-cost
network.
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FTTH CONFERENCE AND EXPO
Broadband Communities' guide to the show, held by the FTTH
Council from September 23 to 25 in Fort Lauderdale. The section
includes an agenda, a map of the exhibit floor and information
about featured exhibitors.
FEATURES
twitter.com/bbcmag
Visit www.bbcmag.com
for up-to-the-minute
news of broadband
trends, technologies
and deployments
New York
artist Irving
Grunbaum
envisions
the Gigabit
Vision.
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