"Green" is a widely used term these days. But why is it important for cable companies to go green? True, it helps your public image, but there are many monetary benefits to be achieved by implementing greener network technologies, such as reduced:
• Energy bills by using less air conditioning
• Truck rolls
• Material costs
• Operation costs with more automatic network components
Some providers have already worked with network integrators to implement greener, more efficient, network architectures. Some examples:
• Passive Optical Network (PON) for FTTH projects uses no electronics in the access network, significantly reducing energy bills and maintenance costs.
• Optical Transport Network (OTN) and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) eliminate the need for expensive, power-hungry router parts.
If you've deployed these architectures, you still rely heavily upon equipment vendors to supply network components that reduce cost and energy, take up less space and provide more bandwidth and faster speeds.
To understand how your company can take advantage of these savings by going "green," check out a webinar we collaborated with Cisco on called, The New Green Cable Company.
What is your company doing to go green? Are you seeing the monetary savings that are promised? Let us know in the comment section below.
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