Abstract: A HFC network includes an optical node, a first fiber optic cable, and a second fiber optic cable. The first fiber optic cable has a first end that is connected to the optical node for delivering signals to the optical node. The second fiber optic cable has a first end that is positioned within the optical node. Optical fibers of the first optic cable are ribbonized and spliced to ribbonized optical fibers of the second fiber optic cable at a spliced connection such that signals can be transmitted between the fiber optic cables. An optical fiber of the first fiber optic cable is spliced to a connectorized fiber pigtail at a spliced connection, and the connectorized fiber pigtail is optically connected to a broadband optical transceiver in the optical node. The spliced connections are stored in a fiber splice tray within the optical node.

Abstract: A HFC network includes an optical node, a first fiber optic cable, and a second fiber optic cable. The first fiber optic cable has a first end that is connected to the optical node for delivering signals to the optical node. The second fiber optic cable has a first end that is positioned within the optical node. Optical fibers of the first optic cable are ribbonized and spliced to ribbonized optical fibers of the second fiber optic cable at a spliced connection such that signals can be transmitted between the fiber optic cables. An optical fiber of the first fiber optic cable is spliced to a connectorized fiber pigtail at a spliced connection, and the connectorized fiber pigtail is optically connected to a broadband optical transceiver in the optical node. The spliced connections are stored in a fiber splice tray within the optical node.

Abstract: An electronic content publication management system (1) for publishing content to one or more electronically accessible sites, each site including at least one electronic page (40), the system comprising content database means (2) for storing a plurality of content objects (3); content management database means (4) for storing a data structure (5) identifying each electronic page, one or more content pools (52, 59) within each page and one or more content objects (57, 58, 63, 64) within each page, wherein the data structure identifies one or more nested content pools or content objects within each content pool; and electronic page assembly means (10, 11, 12) for generating one or more completed electronic pages for each site using the stored data structure and stored content objects.