"A very useful reference work ... excellent technical overview." --Society of Cable Television Engineers Magazine (from a review of the first edition)
If you want to get on top of the powerful new technologies and challenges that are transforming the cable landscape, you can't find a better platform than this updated, expanded guide. Gene Bartlett's respected Cable Television Technology and Operations launched engineers, technicians, and managers with hands-on solutions to practical problems on the job. Now completely updated as the Cable Television Handbook, this guide provides the new answers you need today--plus solutions to problems coming down the pike.
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