SUWANEE, Ga., Aug. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ARRIS Group, Inc.
(Nasdaq: ARRS) today announced it has completed an upgrade of
Madison Communications' entire HFC system to DOCSIS 3.0 technology.
Madison is a premier provider of broadband internet,
telephone and video entertainment services throughout its
Central Illinois cable system.
Serving portions of Madison
and Macoupin counties,
Madison began operations 75 years
ago as a local exchange carrier and has aggressively deployed the
latest in technology to provide a suite of information and
entertainment services to the residential and business customers it
serves. Recently, Madison
expanded to become a full-service communications provider offering
digital cable, HDTV, high speed data, local and long distance voice
and advertising services through two subsidiaries Madison Telephone
Company and Madison Network Services, Inc.
Madison Communications launched HSD service in 2001 with early
DOCSIS 1.0 technology, then upgraded to DOCSIS 2.0 in 2007 to meet
continued growth and speed expectations. Early in 2011, the
Madison team made the decision to
upgrade to a DOCSIS 3.0 C4® CMTS and enlisted the help of ARRIS
Professional Services as their collaborator in this deployment.
ARRIS Professional Services provides program management and
solutions implementation, training, technical support and
end-to-end integration for CATV systems. Together,
Madison and ARRIS focused on
eliminating single points of failure that could impact services and
installed a redundant fiber-optic transport ring between the head
end and other key locations, establishing new levels of reliability
and speed.
"The ARRIS management and engineering staff were invaluable in
helping us design and complete this upgrade," said Madison Director of Information Technology,
Jerry Davis. "Their expertise
in areas like channel bonding and load balancing has enabled us to
maximize our investment, customize our technology, and prepare us
to meet future customer demand for new and exciting services.
The Madison team is now performing extensive testing to begin
offering faster broadband Internet Speeds to all our customers."
For more information on ARRIS DOCSIS 3.0 service, please
visit www.arrisi.com/get/c4
For more information on Madison, visit www.gomadison.com
About ARRIS
ARRIS is a global communications technology company specializing
in the design, engineering and supply of technology supporting
triple- and quad-play broadband services for residential and
business customers around the world. The company supplies broadband
operators with the tools and platforms they need to deliver
carrier-grade telephony, network video processing, whole home
video, demand driven video, next-generation advertising, network
and workforce management solutions, access and transport
architectures and ultra high-speed data services. Headquartered in
Suwanee, Georgia, USA, ARRIS has
R&D centers in Suwanee;
Beaverton, OR; Chicago, IL; Kirkland, WA; State
College, PA; Wallingford,
CT; Waltham, MA;
Cork, Ireland; and Shenzhen, China, and operates support and
sales offices throughout the world. Information about ARRIS
products and services can be found at www.arrisi.com.
SOURCE ARRIS Group, Inc.