About the Authors

Jim Farmer retired in August, 2013. He has enjoyed a 45-year career in communications technology. He has held CTO responsibilities in the cable television and FTTH industries.
He holds over 90 patents in the field of delivering video, voice, and data. He received the 1996 NCTA Vanguard Award in Technology, was inducted into the SCTE Hall of Fame in 1997, and was inducted into Cable Pioneers in 1998. Formerly the President of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society and then editor of its newsletter for 11 years, Jim has served on the program committees for the NCTA, SCTE, and the IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics, and chaired the program committee for the FTTH Council from its inception through 2011. He was an ...

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