telephony

As new VP of Engineering at TCI, Tony Werner discusses what he’s learning and doing with telephony, high speed data, and digital TV. Discussion points: Stuff is working (“the cable modems work, despite what naysayers say”); how to make phone, HSD, set-top box products share the upstream path.

[Note: I’m posting this video ONLY because it’s Tony. If you were me, would you post this? Hello? That is a one-piece jumpsuit. The hair! OMG.]

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! 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, 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.