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Originally Posted by BBKing
As much of a shambles as going for, say, DAVIC instead of DOCSIS when looking at DTV? One case where the American way was the right way.
Telco return is actually an optional feature of UBRs that's intended for the more diffuse networks in the US where an HFC return path wasn't possible - not generally required in the UK, where quite often we have a return path...
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Yes, DAVIC-DOCSIS decision was a shambles, I have said many times before the person responsible should of been sacked. In typical reward for failure ntl policy they are now working in an either higher position in the company.
Same with the Cheeta/Acterna HFC management gear, the guy who decided on that should of been sacked, He's now making decisions on things such as "RF levels for UBR's for upgrades"
And we know what a shambles that is.
The suggestion by a particular person to use Teclo return when there was a return path network in reasonable shape available was plain stupid. It was the same time if I remember correctly that they couldn't keep up with the telco upgrades because people were taking second lines for internet. Capacity was stretched to the limit, the switch in Cardiff fell over a few times because of congestion and ntl lost big business customers as a result.
Many decisions of that sort are all about big egos and not based on a sound technical basis.
