Although the winter season brings a beautiful snow-covered wonderland, this time of year poses risks to the home network. Frigid temperatures, high ...
Broadband connectivity technologies are constantly changing, whether through innovation, regulatory development or customer requests. Our blogs offer insight into industry advancements, practical suggestions for all types of network installations and important PPC product news.
SIGN UP FOR PPC NEWSPosted by Jaimie Polanco
Although the winter season brings a beautiful snow-covered wonderland, this time of year poses risks to the home network. Frigid temperatures, high ...
Posted by Jaimie Polanco
It’s the season of joy, festivity, and fun. This time of year is a celebration spent decorating, singing Christmas carols, baking treats, and ...
Posted by Jay Kisselstein
Businesses, now more than ever, must do their part investing in sustainable and environmentally responsible practices. At PPC, we apply this ideology ...
Posted by Krista Thresh
Whether you’re building a new coaxial network in Hawkins, Indiana, or updating an outdated one in the Upside Down, the products used in the last-mile ...
Posted by David Barany
Ease of use is a major contributing factor when it comes to the efficiency, integrity and cost-effectiveness of Passive MoCA Portal device ...
Posted by Krista Thresh
For broadband service providers and operators, the pressure is on to bring new, enhanced and high-quality products to market for quicker download ...
Posted by Noah Montena
As homeowners consume more and more content online, the efficiency of the in-home network becomes increasingly important. However, the ability of a ...
Posted by Amos McKinnon
The ever-increasing consumer demand for faster download speeds, and improved picture and voice quality means connections throughout the home network ...
Posted by Krista Thresh
Balancing the price of network components against the lifetime cost is an ongoing challenge for broadband service providers as they strive to ...
Posted by Krista Thresh
The rapid development of ultra broadband (UBB) connectivity (defined as provision of downstream data rates of 100 Mbits per second over any type of ...
Posted by Esther Wise
Studies have shown that 40% of all cable broadband service calls are related to issues with the drop network. So if you’re looking to ensure better ...
Posted by Krista Thresh
Increasing numbers of cable providers are incorporating MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) technology in their home installations to help deliver ...
Posted by Krista Thresh
The continuing evolution of the internet, and the ever-increasing consumer demand for quality, capacity and speed, means broadband service providers ...
Posted by Eric Purdy
Hardline coax connectors are some of the most important pieces to delivering service to a subscriber’s home network, so making sure the connectors ...
Posted by Rebecca Firmani
Natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and ice storms will always be the enemy of cable and internet service providers, but ...
Posted by Krista Thresh
The global broadband market is becoming increasingly mobile. According to data from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), mobile broadband ...
Posted by Noah Montena
The quality of components used in drop networks and the skillfulness of the drop installation play a major part in a subscriber’s network ...
Posted by Esther Wise
We’ve previously talked about how proper on-site training can help improve customer experience and keep costs low for TV and Internet service ...
Posted by Krista Thresh
Self-install kits (SIKs) have many benefits to both broadband service providers, and subscribers. They can help reduce operational costs and ...
Posted by Amos McKinnon
Cable taps that are being left empty and open on telephone poles are causing problems for TV service providers and technicians. This can be due to a ...
Posted by David Barany
No two homes are built the same, which means a TV and Internet service provider technician never quite knows what they’re getting into until they ...
Posted by Krista Thresh
TV and Internet service providers are always looking for ways to help improve the customer experience of their broadband network, while keeping costs ...
Posted by Krista Thresh
Cable and Internet providers around the world have been challenged by today’s technology demanding faster Internet service and video streaming on ...
Posted by Dave Daly
In the modern world, we need our broadband to work fast and reliably - download speeds and picture and voice quality are what we as consumers care ...
Posted by Dave Daly
We’ve written previously about the importance of maintaining the drop and home network to prevent ingress and egress. In the past we’ve described the ...
Posted by Krista Thresh
Coaxial cable is commonly used by cable operators, telephone companies, and internet providers around the world to convey data, video, and voice ...
Posted by Rick Haube
Many people involved in broadband network deployments appreciate that there could be "hidden" costs down the line because less expensive products ...
Posted by Dave Daly
With increased bandwidth beyond 1 GHz, maintaining the correct carrier levels at a subscriber location is becoming more difficult. The challenge is ...
Posted by Rick Haube
In managing the infrastructure of broadband networks, an often underacknowledged element is the coaxial cabling and connectors required to deliver ...
Posted by Dave Daly
Delivering DOCSIS services, whether it is 64 QAM upstream (3.0) or orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) 1024 (3.1), is often possible ...
Posted by Dave Daly
A growing number of broadband subscribers are being given the option of installing or reinstalling customer-premises equipment (CPEs) themselves, ...
Posted by Dave Daly
Terminators are simple devices that electrically terminate RF coaxial ports, both inside and outside of the home. The unused tap ports or wall plates ...
Posted by Eric Purdy
Having the right hardline connectors is often overlooked when doing node replacements, node splits, or tap replacements in a broadband HFC (hybrid ...
Posted by Dave Daly
The broadband headend environment evolves with the advance of technology and expands to satisfy consumer demand for data service. This poses ...
Posted by Rick Haube
LTE networks operating in the 700 MHz band are becoming widespread across North America and are growing globally as well. Broadband cable and some ...
Posted by Eric Purdy
Whole home DVR installations can be tricky; MoCA filters are essential to prevent the DVR signals from emanating to neighbors' homes in coax systems. ...
Posted by Esther Wise
99% isn’t good enough! The cable industry is changing rapidly, with consumers increasingly demanding greater capacity so that they can download and ...
Posted by Peter Carapella
In a more and more competitive market, cable operators are increasingly looking to deploy fiber alongside coax services to their subscribers. This ...
Posted by David Stockton
In a previous blog I explored the move from GPON to NGPON2 fiber architectures, as telcos look to deliver gigabit speeds to their users. Things have ...
Posted by Paul Ryan
Today we are almost completely dependent on our connectivity. Thanks to the web, we are surfing, streaming, working more flexibly, and turning our ...
Posted by Dave Stockton
It is one of life’s ironies that the equipment used to establish ultra-fast communication links, the telecommunications fixed network, has lived up ...
Posted by Guest Blogger
On the Making Light Work blog, we’ve talked a lot about the growth of high speed networking and the move to fibre networks around the world and in ...
Our monthly newsletter is the best way to keep up to date on all things PPC
Sign up
