Component Shortages Crimp MSO New-Service Rollouts.(shortages in cable modems, boxes, and optical fiber)
Multichannel News, July, 2000 by ILER, DAVID
As the cable industry embarks on accelerated rollouts of digital TV and advanced services, shortages of optical fiber, digital set-tops and cable modems have threatened to put the brakes on ever-expanding MSO ambitions. While shortages of digital set-tops and modems are largely seen as temporary and soon rectified, fiber shortages will remain an issue well into the foreseeable future.
"Yes, yes and yes on all counts," responded Charlie Dietz, senior vice president of engineering for Insight Communications Co. Inc., when asked whether he's experiencing problems obtaining fiber, set-tops and modems. Likewise, Alex Best, executive vice president of engineering for Cox Communications Inc., said that this year, "We've had problems with set-tops,...
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