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A cable modem termination system (CMTS, also called a CMTS Edge Router) [1] is a piece of equipment, typically located in a cable company's headend or hubsite, which is used to provide data services, such as cable Internet or Voice over IP, to cable subscribers. A CMTS provides similar functions to a DSLAM in DSL or an OLT in a PON.
Brian L. Roberts. Comcast is described as a family business. [20] Brian L. Roberts, its chairman and CEO, is the son of founder Ralph J. Roberts (1920–2015). Roberts owns or controls about 1% of all Comcast shares but all of the Class B supervoting shares, giving him an "undilutable 33% voting power over the company". [21]
Time Warner Cable building entrance in Morrisville, North Carolina. Time Warner Cable, Inc. (TWC) was an American cable television company. Before it was acquired by Charter Communications on May 18, 2016, it was ranked the second largest cable company in the United States by revenue behind only Comcast, operating in 29 states. [1]
A standard rack-mount headend. Once a television signal is received, it must be processed. For digital satellite TV signals, a dedicated commercial satellite receiver is needed for each channel that is to be distributed by the cable system; these are usually rack-mountable receivers that are designed to take up less space than consumer receivers.
Xfinity Voice (formerly Comcast Digital Voice) is a Voice Over IP cable telephony service that was launched in 2005 in some markets, [75] and to all of Comcast's markets in 2006. Comcast's older service, Comcast Digital Phone, continued to offer service for a brief period, until Comcast shut it down around in late 2007. [ 76 ]
Managed Satellite Distribution (formerly known as Headend in the Sky/HITS) is Comcast's satellite multiplex service that provides cable channels to cable television operations. Managed Satellite Distribution was founded in 1994 and its namesake product is commonly recognized as the pioneer of digital television in the United States.
Buckeye Broadband (formerly known as the Buckeye CableSystem from August 1996 until May 2016, [1] [2] and as The CableSystem prior to August 1996) is a cable and telecommunications company located in Toledo, Ohio, owned by Block Communications (which also owns The Blade and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspapers). [3]
The Comcast Technology Center is a supertall skyscraper in Center City Philadelphia. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The 60-floor building, with a height of 1,121 feet (342 m), [ 7 ] is the tallest building in both Philadelphia and the state of Pennsylvania and the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere outside of Manhattan and Chicago .