GNG News Guy
12-03-2007, 04:11 PM
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Cox today announced (http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,234719.shtml) they've added eleven new HD channels to their lineup in Fairfax, Virginia, bringing their total to thirty one channels. Cox is slowly upgrading their network to 1Ghz equipment across its entire customer base. The upgrade will allow the cable provider to increase standard definition channels from 100 to 200+ and HD channels from 8 to 100+. Those upgrades should also allow for 25Mbps/4Mbps speeds (http://www.onetrak.com/(X(1)A(tLpNQIZsyAEkAAAAMDc2ODNiMGItNzhhOS00MzE3LTk zOTgtODk3MjYxODg1OTRiKOYl3l8NTuBAkbFZg4huxtLk0Mo1) )/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=2870&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1) in between now and DOCSIS 3.0 upgrades.
Cox has also been deploying switched digital video, a technology that keeps unwatched channels at the edge router, freeing up bandwidth. Still, Cox's current total is a far cry from that of DirecTV -- who aims to have 100 channels by the end of this month. Of course DirecTV made the decision in 2004 to use all their satellite capacity for HD, not broadband (http://thegng.org/shownews/80262).
Cox today announced (http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,234719.shtml) they've added eleven new HD channels to their lineup in Fairfax, Virginia, bringing their total to thirty one channels. Cox is slowly upgrading their network to 1Ghz equipment across its entire customer base. The upgrade will allow the cable provider to increase standard definition channels from 100 to 200+ and HD channels from 8 to 100+. Those upgrades should also allow for 25Mbps/4Mbps speeds (http://www.onetrak.com/(X(1)A(tLpNQIZsyAEkAAAAMDc2ODNiMGItNzhhOS00MzE3LTk zOTgtODk3MjYxODg1OTRiKOYl3l8NTuBAkbFZg4huxtLk0Mo1) )/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=2870&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1) in between now and DOCSIS 3.0 upgrades.
Cox has also been deploying switched digital video, a technology that keeps unwatched channels at the edge router, freeing up bandwidth. Still, Cox's current total is a far cry from that of DirecTV -- who aims to have 100 channels by the end of this month. Of course DirecTV made the decision in 2004 to use all their satellite capacity for HD, not broadband (http://thegng.org/shownews/80262).