ANGACOM 2025 Recap: Fiber Domination, Low Latency DOCSIS, and Charter-Cox Merger Insights

Brady Volpe and DOCSIS expert John Downey recap the latest from ANGA COM 2025 in Germany. 🇩🇪

We discuss:

• Why Europe is going 90% fiber and the impact on HFC

• The powerful low latency DOCSIS demo from Harmonic and what it means for streaming and gaming

• Charter’s acquisition of Cox and what it means for the US broadband landscape

• The upcoming SCTE Expo in DC

• And yes… the mystery of The Hoff’s disappearance at the party 🎤

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Timestamps

0:00 Intro – Brady & John kickoff

0:38 ANGA COM 2025 overview & fiber vs HFC

1:28 Europe’s fiber shift: 90/10 split discussion

3:12 Walking through ANGA COM show floor

6:00 AI in networks panel recap

9:50 The AI divide: societal impacts

12:28 Harmonic low latency DOCSIS demo explained

15:26 DOCSIS 4.0 and 1.8 GHz equipment updates

16:16 The Hoff’s disappearance party story

19:37 Charter-Cox merger discussion

23:48 SCTE Expo 2025 preview

25:35 Final thoughts & upcoming livestream announcement

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