Baguio Reaction Paper

Republic of the Philippines

POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES Office of the Vice President for Branches and Campuses

TAGUIG BRANCH

What did you learn during the visit? The television cable industry has become a major service provider by allowing data transport over upgraded CATV cable networks. The cable industry has had many plans for delivering unique services to its subscribers. High-resolution digital video has been part of the plan, as well as TV set-top boxes that provide interactive game interfaces, WebTV, and other features. Cable data networks make this possible. The traditional CATV system consists of a shared coaxial cable network that transmits analog television signals to downstream subscribers. It is estimated that over 100 million homes are reachable by CATV cable, of which approximately 75 million of those homes are CATV subscribers. The cable network mimics the over-the-air radio frequency broadcast signals that you would receive via a TV antennae, but they are carried on cable. Television signals are transmitted in 6-MHz channels. And lastly, CATV is a shared cable system that uses a tree-and-branch topology in which multiple households within a neighborhood share the same cable.

Rate your visit from 1-5 and Why? I would rate it 3 though the location wherein their radars were stationed was good. It was interesting but there’s something missing, I think the discussion was not that catchy or it’s just that we were just exhausted that time.

Would you recommend the company to others who will have com an visit? Wh ? Yes, nevertheless it was an experience to see their actual operation and to be familiar on their equipment and how they use it. Actually, they have a great number of subscribers for the company covered Northern Luzon area so they have a lot of equipment to discuss.

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