Скачать или смотреть New book chronicles cable broadband's 'unexpected' journey

Guests: Rouzbeh 'Father of the Cable Modem' Yassini and industry analyst Stewart Schley
Release date: 8/5/2025

Decades before multi-gigabit speeds, ultra-low latency and the virtual cable modem termination system became the norm, and years before DOCSIS became an acronym that only an engineer could love, Dr. Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard and his small team of visionaries and developers began to architect what would eventually become cable's cornerstone, multi-billion dollar broadband business – one that eventually would surpass the size of the industry's original pay-TV business.

Yassini's story – and the story about the birth of cable broadband – have been told in bits and pieces over the years, starting with his leadership of LANcity, a startup that built the first cable modem and was sold to Bay Networks in 1996 for $56 million. Elements of Yassini's fascinating industry history can be found in CED Magazine's "Man of the Year" profile of Yassini in 1999, an oral history recorded for the Syndeo Institute at The Cable Center, stories related to his induction into The Cable TV Pioneers in 2012 and to the Cable Hall of Fame in 2024 (this video also presents a brief synopsis). Last fall, a group of companies and individuals, including Yassini, were honored with a technical Emmy for the critical role they played in the development of DOCSIS.

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