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LIGHTS! Broadband Basics Presented by: CBG Communications, Inc. Tom Robinson, President 73 Chestnut Rd, Suite 301 Paoli, PA 19301 Phone (610) 889-7470 robinson@cbgcommunications.com NATOA ANNUAL CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 2013 – ORLANDO, FL

What is Broadband?  Multiple answers to this question  Characterized by its ability to provide multiple services over a single connection CBG Communications, Inc.

What is Broadband?  Historically, broadband has been defined as:  The opposite of narrowband  Having a bandwidth greater than a voice grade line of 3 kilohertz (kHz)  Facilitating a data transfer rate greater than 64 kilobits per second (Kbps)  Facilitating a transfer rate equal to or greater than 768 Kbps downstream and 200 Kbps upstream (NTIA definition)  Current FCC Definition is at least 4 Mbps (megabits per second) downstream and 1 Mbps upstream CBG Communications, Inc.

What is Broadband?  Historically, broadband has been defined, cont’d:  Cable television, sometimes referred to as a “classic” broadband system  Anything referred to as “broadband” by advertisers CBG Communications, Inc.

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What is Broadband?  How is broadband different from “not broadband”?  Provides higher-speed of data transmission  Provides access to the highest quality Internet services  Broadband is “always on”  Less delay – enables high bandwidth, high capacity, “real - time” services CBG Communications, Inc.

Broadband Speed Comparisons CBG Communications, Inc.

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Broadband Technology Elements  Wireline  Fiber optic infrastructure • Also copper such as twisted pair (phone lines) and coax (cable TV) CBG Communications, Inc.

Wireline Connectors CBG Communications, Inc.

Broadband Technology Elements  Wireline, cont’d  Advanced transport methodologies  Such as Gigabit Ethernet (1 billion bits per second)  Switched services  Information appliances  In the house and portable CBG Communications, Inc.

Broadband Technology Elements  Wireline, cont’d  NIUs, NIDs, home gateways, etc.  At the side of the building CBG Communications, Inc.

Broadband Technology Elements  Wireless  Wireless antennas and towers CBG Communications, Inc.

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Broadband Technology Elements  Wireless, cont’d  Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi)  802.11a & 802.11g – data transfer rates up to 54 Mbps  802.11b – data transfer rates up to 11 Mbps  802.11n – throughputs in excess of 150 Mbps  Cellular Broadband  3G (3 rd Generation) – Speeds of up to 4 Mbps CBG Communications, Inc.

Broadband Technology Elements  Wireless, cont’d  WiMAX 802.16  Significantly greater coverage areas  Used for backhaul initially  As WiMAX evolves, it will migrate further into the  network – 802.16e  4G (4 th Generation) – Speeds of up to 30 Mbps+ LTE (Long Term Evolution)  CBG Communications, Inc.

Wireless Technology Options  Best effort services  100% of networks throughput is shared by all users  Every user gets equal priority on and access to the network  Priority-based services  VoIP  Emergency communications  IP video CBG Communications, Inc.

Broadband Networks  LAN – Local Area Network  In home, in office, in building  Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)  Wide Area Network (WAN)  Institutional Networks (I-Nets)  Community Broadband Networks CBG Communications, Inc.

HFC Residential Residential Plant Cable System Headend Downtown Network of Networks Residential HFC HFC Library Plant Plant Fire Station City Backbone and Cable Backbone Residential Residential Residential Residential Schoo l

Broadband Services  Services Provided Primarily to Businesses  Transparent LAN, Ethernet private line services  10 Mbps  100 Mbps  1 Gbps  T-1 (1.54 Mbps)  Dark fiber lease CBG Communications, Inc.

Broadband Services  Services for business, SOHO business, and the residential community  Digital Subscriber Line (xDSL)  Cable modem services (HSI)  Integrated wireless services (cellular voice/wireless Internet access for integrated voice/data devices [smartphones, tablets, etc.]) CBG Communications, Inc.

DOCSIS  Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications  Current DOCSIS 3.0 systems offer 100+ Mbps downstream and 20+ Mbps upstream to customers  DOCSIS 3.1 demonstrated speeds of 6 Gbps downstream in a lab setting using 750 MHz of bandwidth (85% - 100% of total bandwidth available on most active cable systems today) CBG Communications, Inc.

Broadband Impact on Cable Television  Transport to the headend  Digital, optical, IP-based  Uncompressed digital  Delivery to subscribers  Compression ratio or encoding rate utilized  QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation)-based  IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) CBG Communications, Inc.

Broadband’s Impact on Cable Television Switched Digital Video (SDV)/Switched  Digital Broadcast (SDB) Frequently viewed channels broadcast to all  (system-wide delivery) Other channels are individually selectable (multi-  use bandwidth) Interactive Television (ITV)  Two-way services allowing application developers  access to subscribers through the cable platform CBG Communications, Inc.

Switched Digital Video/ Switched Digital Broadcast CBG Communications, Inc.

Interactive Television Interactive Television (ITV) is one way that service  delivery is moving to attract the younger generation that desires and seeks out such services. The cable industry is focusing on adding interactive  elements, and consequently more on demand features, to traditional TV programming It also allows the industry to promote convergence  across TV, internet, digital phone, mobile and other device platforms, which are all platforms that the industry is involved in now CBG Communications, Inc.

Broadband Is:  Everywhere (or rather, needs to be)  Essential  Connecting us to the Future! CBG Communications, Inc.

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