Last mile goes wireless: Arcwave targets enterprise with DOCSIS extender.(Broadband Week[TM]: advanced technologies for video, voice and data services)(Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification)
Multichannel News, September, 2004 by Stump, Matt
There are 8 million small businesses in the U.S. that spend $100 billion on voice and data services. Yet operators can't reach nearly half of that group economically, even though they're close to cable plant. What's worse, with Wall Street pressure to curb capital expenditures, traditional plant extensions have been frowned upon.
Enter last-mile wireless technology, which provides a cheap alternative for the business divisions of MSOs looking to make further inroads in the commercial space. Arcwave Inc., which already supplies wireless gear to four of the top five MSOs, has introduced the Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification 2.0 version of its ARCXtend product, which consists of a network hub device and corresponding antennas deployed...
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