Preface

Overview

When we completed the first edition of Modern Cable Television Technology, we described the major characteristic of the technologies covered as accelerated change. That has proven to be true, with so many major changes taking place since 1999 that a second edition was required to catch up. Even the book’s title is really obsolete, since so-called “cable television” systems have moved far beyond simply transporting video entertainment to the development of scalable-bandwidth, multi-service platforms supporting virtually every wired communications service desired by individuals and small businesses.

Among other changes since the first edition was published have been great progress in standards and practices for delivery of high ...

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