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TOP BROADBAND 20102010 PROPERTIES www.bbpmag.com Throughout a difficult year, these companies have continued to innovate, driving the buildout of true broadband in the United States and beyond. A BBP Staff Report he Broadband Properties Top ARRIS, was on the list in 2008, though deployment costs, for instance, or 100 list celebrates companies that not in 2009); four firms specializing in making builds significantly cheaper Thave contributed to the maga- various combinations of planning, design overall. and engineering services; one distributor; zine’s mission of “Building the Fiber- To be listed among the Broadband and one wild card – Google, whose major Connected Community.” In 2010, we Properties Top 100, organizations may contribution to fiber to the home so far again honor both the pioneers of fiber be based anywhere in the world, but has been to stir up public enthusiasm for to the home and more recent entrants to must do business in North America. A it but that has the potential to influence the industry. We are encouraged that, a few companies on last year’s list didn’t the industry profoundly. decade into the industry’s existence and reappear this year because they no lon- in the midst of a severe economic down- SELECTION CRITERIA ger seemed to be doing business on this turn, so many companies continue to In selecting the Top 100, the editors continent. innovate in so many ways. looked for organizations that advance Because close to 700 organizations Most of us take for granted that elec- the cause of fiber to the premises in one are deploying FTTH in the United tronics improve according to Moore’s of several ways: States, deployers on the list must either Law. But components don’t magically • Deploying fiber networks. We looked be rolling out a great deal of fiber or become faster, better, cheaper and more showing business innovation on the fiber integrated; they do so because of the for large deployments or for innova- tive business plans and technology front. The three deployers added to the efforts of engineers, product managers list this year – Cincinnati Bell, EPB and and many other creative people. configurations. • Helping others deploy networks by Optimum Lightpath – are all engaged Besides, many of the innovations in ambitious deployments; in addition, that put these companies on the list had supplying key hardware, software, design services, construction ser- EPB has a major smart-grid project and nothing to do with electronics. There vices, integration and VAR services. Optimum Lightpath provides a variety of are new ways to put fiber in the ground, • Introducing innovative technologies, innovative business services. new ways to wire MDUs cost-effectively, even if the technologies had not been Corporate form and overall size are new designs for outside plant, new types commercially deployed at the time not important. Several municipal fiber of cable and new ways to provision, mar- the list was compiled. We’re always network operators are on this year’s list, ket and manage broadband services. So- on the lookout for technologies that and nonprofit organizations have been lution vendors, distributors, design and change the rules – by reducing early included in the past. Though individu- engineering firms and service providers are working together to bring the ben- efits of true broadband to communities About the Authors across the United States. Our Top 100 list was researched by Marianne Cotter, Rachel Ellner and Kassandra Companies added to the Top 100 Kania, overseen by editor Masha Zager, with recommendations and advice list this year include three service pro- from corporate editor Steve Ross. Suggestions for next year? E-mail masha@ viders (two private and one municipal); broadbandproperties.com. three equipment vendors (one of them, 30 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | JULY 2010 2010 Additions To TOP 100 AT A GLANCE The Top 100 List Deployers of High-Speed Residential Broadband . .| 41 • ARRIS Private Cable Operators and Fiber Optic Amenity Providers . |. 42 • BEC Technologies Network Testing, Monitoring and Management Services . |. 44 • Cincinnati Bell Video Programming Aggregators . |. 46 • Columbia Network Planning, Design, Engineering, Construction . .| 48 Telecommunications Corp. Fiber-to-the-Home Electronics . |. 50 • EPB Customer-Premises Equipment . .| 53 • Google Passive Network Components . |. 56 • Miniflex Fiber and Fiber Cable . |. 58 • Optimum Lightpath Network Management Solutions . |. 61 • SDT Test and Measurement Equipment . |. 66 • UniTek Global Services Video Distribution Equipment . .| 71 • Vantage Point Solutions • Walker and Associates broadband technologies. For some, such make a difference in the fiber broadband as Tetra Tech, broadband represents industry in the coming year? To put it only a small part of their business – but another way: Would the industry suffer als are not eligible, companies with as we considered how important they are if this company did not exist? Judge for few as three full-time employees have to advancing broadband, not how im- yourself. And let us know about orga- been selected in the past; others on the portant broadband is to them. nizations – large and small – that you list are giant multinational companies. think might make a difference a year Some companies on the list are en- MAKING A DIFFERENCE from now. Your nominations have led us tirely focused on fiber to the premises, As in previous years, the key tiebreaker to a number of companies we might not but most deliver or support a mix of question was this: Will this company otherwise have known about. BBP Company Web Address Phone Description Actiontec Electronics www .actiontec .com 408-752-7700 Broadband customer-premises equipment A-D Technologies www .adtechnologies .com 800-847-7661 System for installing and protecting cables ADC www .adc .com 952-938-8080; Fiber and copper connectivity products, 800-366-3889 structured cabling solutions, wireless equipment, professional services Adesta www .adestagroup .com 402-233-7700 Network design, construction and maintenance ADTRAN www .adtran .com 256-963-8000 Solutions for FTTx, DSL, Carrier Ethernet, mobile backhaul and IP business networks ADVA Optical Networking www .advaoptical .com 888-340-4885 Optical+Ethernet systems for long-haul, metro core, backhaul and access networking, including WDM-PON Advanced Media Technologies (AMT) www .amt .com 954-427-5711; Distributor of fiber optic transmission 888-293-5856 equipment, headends, IP and QAM set-top boxes, cable modems AFL Telecommunications www .afltele .com 864-433-0333; System integration, including FTTx 800-235-3423 electronics, outside plant, fiber optic cable, video solutions, wireless, network management platforms, fusion splicers and test equipment, training Alcatel-Lucent www .alcatel-lucent .com 908-582-3000 Fiber and copper broadband access equipment, IPTV solutions, network management tools, fiber cable, connecting hardware and accessories JULY 2010 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 31 20102010 BROADBAND PROPERTIES Company Web Address Phone Description Allied Telesis www.alliedtelesis.com 408-519-8700 Ethernet-based broadband access solutions Alpha Technologies www.alpha.comTOP 360-647-2360 Powering solutions for communications 2010 networks ARRIS www.arrisi.com 678-473-2000; Equipment for cable operators, 866-362-7747 including RFoG and GEPON solutions Astec Underground www.astecunderground.com 865-408-2100; Trenchers, vibratory plows and directional 800-527-6020 drilling equipment AT&T, AT&T Connected Communities www.att.com/communities Voice, video, data and wireless services for residential and business customers Atlantic Engineering Group www.atlantic-engineering.com, 706-654-2298 Design and construction services for FTTP, www.aeg.cc smart-grid, metro-area and wide-area networks Aurora Networks www.aurora.com 408-235-7000 Products supporting cable providers’ migration to advanced HFC, fiber-deep and FTTH networks BEC Technologies www.bectechnologies.net 714-890-0201; Broadband gateways for FTTH 972-422-0877 deployments Blonder Tongue Laboratories www.blondertongue.com 732-679-4000; Headend equipment, encoders, systems 800-523-6049 design and engineering Bristol Virginia Utilities www.bvu-optinet.com 276-669-4112 Broadband services over an FTTP network; broadband consulting Calient Networks www.calient.net 805-562-5500 Automated fiber optic cross-connect systems Calix www.calix.com 707-766-3000; Multiservice access platforms and software; 877-766-3500 FTTP and Ethernet equipment; enclosures Canon Broadcast www.canobeam.com 201-807-3300; Free-space optics and Communications 800-321-4388 Charles Industries www.charlesindustries.com 847-806-6300 Fiber optic distribution pedestals and enclosures, extended-reach DSL systems CHR Solutions www.chrsolutions.com 713-351-5111 BSS/OSS solutions, consulting and engineering services Cincinnati Bell www.cincinnatibell.com 513-397-9900 Telephone , data, video and wireless services Cisco Systems www.cisco.com 770-236-5000 FTTH solutions, set-top boxes, cable modems, headends, network management systems Clearfield www.clearfieldconnection.com 763-476-6866 Fiber distribution systems and associated components Columbia Telecommunications www.ctcnet.us 301-933-1488 Broadband network planning, design, Corporation (CTC) implementation and project management CommScope www.commscope.com 828-324-2200; Fiber enclosures; HFC, fiber optic and 800-982-1708 wireless integration solutions Communications Test Design Inc.