Cable-Tec 2006: Seen and heard in Denver (including Mountain Cable's award)

DURING THE OPENING GENERAL session at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo Wednesday, Cox Communications CTO and show chair Chris Bowick gleefully took a few shots at his telco competition down here. Pointing to the billions of dollars being spent by the likes of Verizon and AT&T to bring fibre to the node, or the home, to deliver IPTV, Bowick called their efforts a "me-too" service adding that while the telcos have yet to make much of a dent in the video business, "we're certainly taking a huge piece of theirs." "They're just now learning what we already knew all along, that...