Yearly Archives: 1995

Leading into the 1995 Western Show, I sat down with Nick DiGiacomo, of @Your Service [then a division of SAIC], to discuss the cost per home of providing high-speed data services to residences. We finish by touching on some of the privacy issues associated with internet via cable. [OMG the hair.]

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The tech buzz at the 1995 Western Show was all about high speed online services, delivered by cable modems — then very new. I sat down with Nick DiGiacomo of @YourService [then a division of SAIC], to discuss whether broadband Internet service is real, or hype, and to wonder whether real-time streaming video over the Internet will happen in 1996….{OMG the hair.}

At the 1995 NCTA Show, I conducted a few of my first-ever video interviews. Ah, the one-camera shoot with turn-arounds, to re-ask the question of an empty chair! Topic: The emergence of telephony on cable. First up is Jerry Gaines, then Senior VP of Telephony Services for TCI, who outlines the company’s three year plan, talks about their technical trials, and explains the term ‘triple play’. (Nice shoulder pads.)

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At the 1995 NCTA Show, I conducted a few of my first-ever video interviews. Ah, the one-camera shoot with turn-arounds, to re-ask the question of an empty chair! In this segment, I speak with Stephen Pearse of Time Warner Communications about upstream issues, which he says occur but are easily fixable. He then highlights their two year time line for deployment and finishes with some hints about why Time Warner isn’t involved in Triple Play.

Video courtesy The Cable Channel.

At the 1995 NCTA Show, I conducted a few of my first-ever video interviews. Ah, the one-camera shoot with turn-arounds, to re-ask the question of an empty chair! In this segment, Steven Pearse of Time Warner Communications outlines how to win against regional telephone companies, as well as the company’s involvement with Tellabs, and the eventual movement of telephone services into homes.

Video courtesy The Cable Channel.

At the 1995 NCTA Show, I conducted a few of my first-ever video interviews. Ah, the one-camera shoot with turn-arounds, to re-ask the question of an empty chair! In this segment, I ask Tellabs’ Jon Grimes to expand on the ingress and noise challenges plaguing the reverse path. He wraps up by discussing when telephony will become a key business for cable operators. (Answer: Q4 ’95.)

At the 1995 NCTA Show, I conducted a few of my first-ever video interviews. Ah, the one-camera shoot with turn-arounds, to re-ask the question of an empty chair! In this segment, Jon Grimes, then with Tellabs, discusses the technical challenges associated with breaking into this market.

Video courtesy The Cable Channel.

At the 1995 NCTA Show, I conducted a few of my first-ever video interviews. Ah, the one-camera shoot with turn-arounds, to re-ask the question of an empty chair! In part two with TCI’s Jerry Gaines, we discuss costs and operational impacts.

Video courtesy The Cable Channel.