Scientific-Atlanta released its WebSTAR DPX120 Euro-DOCSIS 1.0-certified cable modem. The product also operates as DOCSIS modem, and uses a faster microprocessor than previous models. The cable modem is designed for Ethernet and USB conection, has a small footprint, uses WebWizard, and has enhanced bi-directional performance for data throughput. S-A plans to have it available in […]
Eagle opens third Texas headend facility
Eagle Broadband’s ClearWorks unit finished a master headend facility near Austin, Texas, and will launch its bundled digital services within a week. The headend “provides Eagle Broadband a distribution and control point to serve a large portion of the … base that surrounds Austin, as well as the Central Texas area in general, says President […]
Cox wires N.O. schools; TWC to use Thomson’s RCA modems
Cox Business Services inked a three-year, $20 million contract to connect 142 locations of the new Orleans Public School Systems with voice, video and data via a Gigabit Ethernet WAN. The deal lets the district’s 10,000 teachers use such applications as live video and software title downloads, Cox says. The Cox Communications unit was chosen […]
Cox exec preps for tomorrow’s mayoral runoff
Far south of the now-quiet Tauzin-Dingell fray, another contest is underway as former Cox executive Ray Nagin squares off with the local police chief in tomorrow’s New Orleans mayoral runoff election. Nagin could not pause for questions — “I am running pretty hard and you have a lot of questions,” he told CEDaily. Nagin’s pulled […]
WINfirst’s woes leave Seattle with one provider
Copyright 2002 Seattle Post-Intelligencer THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER…02/27/2002 From LexisNexis Bellevue and Seattle officials who were hopeful they’d found a company to bring competition to the dominant cable provider, AT&T Broadband, were disappointed yesterday at news that indicates it’s not likely to happen. WINfirst, a Denver company that signed a contract with the city of Seattle […]
MediaBus debuts i2DVD; Brogley succeeds Moxi’s Perlman
AT&T Corp. appointed AT&T President David W. Dorman and CFO Charles H. Noski to it board, effective immediately. Chair and CEO C. Michael Armstrong recommended the two as the company moves into its next phase of restructuring, the company says. The additions make a total of13 board members, four of which will join the board […]
Global Crossing to trade on OTCBB; accounting eyed
Make that OTCBB: GBLXQ. On the heels of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing and amid reports of warnings last year on its accounting practices, Global Crossing started trading today on the OTC Bulletin Board. Formerly NYSE: GX, Global Crossing announced its new ticker and exchange late yesterday. On Monday, the company filed for Chapter 11 […]
TechTV exec on Charter board; Level 3 sells dark fiber to D.C.
SONICblue Inc. is expanding its ReplayTV strategy by launching a new digital video recorder into the retail market during the second half of the year. The new product will use features from ReplayTV 4000, although a price wasn’t available. … AM Communications Inc. will move its headquarters, effective tomorrow, to 1900 AM Drive, Quakertown, Pa. […]
Clearworks seals $40 M deal; Charter exec on Cedar board
Eagle Broadband‘s ClearWorks Communications unit landed a $40 million contract to provide fiber-to-the-home technology and bundled digital services to Stone Gate Canyon Lakes, a 352-acre master-planned community near Houston. Eagle says revenues should reach $40 million over 25 years. … Substantial Internet VOD won’t roll out in the United States until 2005, a GartnerG2 study […]
Universal/Comcast ink deal; Concurrent promotes Chism
Universal Electronics Inc. inked a deal to supply its Navigator and Millennium 4 wireless remote controls to Comcast Cable for its digital set-top boxes. Financial terms were not disclosed. … Concurrent Computer Corp. promoted Robert Chism to CTO of its XSTREME unit. The promotion expands Chism’s roll as VP of engineering and development, the company […]
