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Network Analytics

How Can You Make More Accurate Capacity Planning Decisions?
By Incognito on September 13, 2016

It is indeed a complex task that involves multiple variables as well as a corporate strategy — because budget is not infinite. If you have a network running below its maximum capacity you...

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General

Improve CSR Performance Through Gamification
By Incognito on September 7, 2016

CSRs are traditionally given negative feedback if call lengths or volumes increase. Metrics may include:

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DDI

DOCSIS 3.1: The Perfect Excuse to Optimize your Provisioning Solution
By Patrick Kinnerk on September 6, 2016

To your average broadband customer, DOCSIS 3.1 satisfies one craving — faster Internet speeds. Most Internet users don’t care how or why the specification works, they just want the end...

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Network Analytics

What Does Fraud in a Cable Network Look Like?
By Incognito on August 30, 2016

Each cable modem has a unique 48-bit hexadecimal address which is known as the MAC address.A unique 48-bit address translates into 281 quadrillion possible address combinations, each of...

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Device Management

A Thought Exercise on Subscriber Portals
By Incognito on August 23, 2016

Set-and-forget is an important trait to have in device management and configuration. Having to constantly log in to tweak settings will lead to frustration and possibly another support...

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Quality of Service: An Olympic Effort for Service Providers
By Incognito on August 16, 2016

Suddenly, the race begins — and the young favorite breaks ahead! It’s close though, and will come down to the final seconds… but without warning, your feed starts buffering. It’s not...

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Device Management

WiFi Assurance with TR-069 – Part 3: Single AP to Large AP Deployments
By Incognito on August 9, 2016

This issue can be viewed as optimizing three variables (transmit power, channel, and frequency band) across N access points, which is a fairly straightforward optimization algorithm.

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Wi-Fi Assurance with TR-069 – Part 2: Optimizing a Single Access Point
By Incognito on August 2, 2016

Insights into the surrounding Wi-Fi landscape alone provide ample data to provision the access point (AP) to operate in a part of the spectrum with the least amount of interference. A...

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Device Management

Wi-Fi QoE Assurance with TR-069 — Part 1: The Toolbox
By Incognito on July 26, 2016

Signal blockage or poor range within the customer premises Device outages or devices that have trouble joining the network Interference from neighbouring access points and external...

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Device Management

What Can You Do to Prevent Bad Wi-Fi Service?
By Incognito on July 19, 2016

Considering the ubiquitous state of Wi-Fi service in major markets across world, the frequency at which Wi-Fi issues still occur is alarming to both subscribers and operators alike. For the...

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General

You're Either Overpaying For Your Project or It's At Risk
By Incognito on July 12, 2016

Software IT projectson average run 66% over budget and take 33% longer than scheduled, so you shouldn’t ignore how vendors answer the question of project cost and duration. Most vendors...

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Events

Beyond Price Wars: Customer Retention in Focus at CommunicAsia
By Incognito on July 5, 2016

News of such nature is probably occurring in many places these days, albeit not always concerning price drops. Service providers do this in order to retain or gain subscribers. As one of,...

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General

Vendor Checklist: What to Look for Under the Hood
By Incognito on June 29, 2016

Some of these vital considerations are:

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Device Management

Three Ways Firmware Updates are Costing Your Business
By Incognito on June 21, 2016

Consider the resources and costs associated with network-wide DOCSIS firmware updates.

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Device Management

Want to Fast-Track Your DOCSIS Firmware Updates?
By Incognito on June 14, 2016

Common problems with firmware management include:

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Events

Your Guide to FTTH Connect 2016
By Incognito on June 7, 2016

Keep reading to discover where to visit, what to eat, and who to see at the FTTH Connect 2016.

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Device Management

How to Optimize Public Wi-Fi Deployments
By Incognito on May 31, 2016

It’s evident that providing Wi-Fi connections in public settings is a vital piece in the complicated connected puzzle known as subscriber quality of experience (QoE), but are service...

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Network Analytics

How to Monetize Cord-Cutters with Usage-Based Billing
By Incognito on May 24, 2016

Providers have been hesitant to roll out new policies aimed at charging more for excessive bandwidth use, even though in a recent usage-based pricing trial in Cleveland major CSP Cox...

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Network Analytics

Service Plans: Conveying the Value Between Tiers to Subscribers
By Incognito on May 17, 2016

Being able to zoom across prefectures in a few hours complemented the fast-paced work ethic of Japan’s major cities. Needless to say, the pass expired and I found myself far from Tokyo...

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Service Orchestration

What OSS Forest?
By Incognito on May 10, 2016

Let’s address the main areas where you can generate new revenues and make cost savings, without forgetting the overall goal: to generate more profit.

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