Featuring Dr. Yassini's Most Recent Publication
the accidental network
“How would our lives change,” wondered entrepreneur Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard in 1987, “if everyday people had a stable, high-speed data connection to the Internet?” Here is the compelling, untold story of the invention of the cable modem: of how the world moved from slow, frustrating dial-up to a fast, always-on, and extraordinary connectivity tool.
Written from the lens of Yassini-Fard, a devoted idealist and WVU alum known as “the father of the cable modem. The Accidental Network is his newest book revealing how a perfect storm of forces—the rise of cable television, the onset of the personal computing era, a growing awareness of the Internet for information and commerce, and the development of the cable modem—converged to usher in the age of broadband access.
INTERVIEWS IN INDUSTRY PUBLICATIONS
Publications featuring Dr. Rouzbeh Yassini’s limitless vision to provide ubiquitous broadband accessibility and elevating the quality of life through global information exchange and the applications designed to advance education, health care, science, economic opportunity and community organization.
LANcity Awarded Technology And Engineering Emmy
Oct 17, 2024: The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) awarded a Technology & Engineering Emmy to LANcity, recognizing the company’s many contributions to residential high-speed Internet access, technology, and their impact on the modern media ecosystem. LANcity was among four companies receiving Emmy awards for “Pioneering [...]
Rouzbeh Yassini serves a judge in IgniteWV competition
Bridging Innovation Week, (BIW) West Virginia’s annual entrepreneurship symposium was held April 8-11th, 2024 in Huntington, West Virginia. The mission of BIW is to advance entrepreneurship-led economic development by providing connection and education to business owners, current and prospective entrepreneurs, and entrepreneur serving organizations (ESOs) throughout West Virginia. The [...]
Cable Hall of Fame Inductees 2024
Dr. Rouzbeh Yassini, known as “the father of the cable modem”, is among the list of accomplished professionals who were honored at the 27th Annual Cable Hall of Fame on April 18, 2024 at a New York gala. “This year’s Cable Hall of Fame honorees are some of [...]
Cable-Tec Expo 2021
Cable-Tec Expo 2021 commenced with an inspiring keynote speech delivered by Kevin Hart, EVP and Chief Product and Technology Officer for Cox Communications. In a responsible response to the ongoing COVID-19 health concerns, Cable-Tec Expo 2021 is once again being held virtually . Kevin notes the progress of Cable-Tec [...]
LANcity celebrates 25th Anniversary
Happy 25th Anniversary! After 9 years of hard work, the LANcity Cable Modem held a stunning 80% of the global market share and LANcity revenue had increased from zero dollars to $40M per quarter! On Sep 4, 1996, LANcity signed an agreement to be acquired by Bay Network in [...]
Digital Divide: The Implications And Current Status
Digital Divide , the implications, inequity and solution continues to be a conversation since it started in the 1990's. The solution to closing the digital gap on a global scale has been on the radar of Dr. Rouzbeh Yassini known as "the father of of the cable modem” even [...]
Improving Economic Value Through Broadband
Cleaver, Joanne. “Remote.” Housing Wire Magazine, Housing Wire, 28 Jan. 2021. Dr. Rouzbeh Yassini was approached by Joanne Cleaver of Housing Wire Magazine to share his perspective on the role of Broadband in her article about attracting new talent and maintaining an energized workforce as COVID-19 finds employees migrating [...]
COVID Pandemic highlights the necessity of broadband
The 2020 ISBE Cable-Tec expo was held as a virtual event October 12th-15th. A highlight from the event was the inspiring and visionary video featuring Jana Henthorn, CEO/President The Cable Center interviewing Rouzbeh Yassini, “father of the cable modem” The tragedy of the COVID global pandemic has shed light, [...]
Global collaboration for global innovation
Over the last 10,000 years, innovation has always been the driving force in advancing civilization. Today we face a challenge that calls upon our best global innovators business leaders, educators, and every human being to collaborate in the development of solutions that enable us to simultaneously live, work, run [...]
Planet Broadband By Author Rouzbeh Yassini Ph.D.
Planet Broadband cover the nascent history and status of the Broadband movement. In doing so, it wrestles with the definition of broadband, discusses the various form it's taking around the world, and discusses the various forms it's taking around the world, and discusses the possible futures it might have..." [...]
Light Reading Hall of Fame 2019
Light Reading Hall of Fame 2019 "Hall of Fame 2019" Four names have been added to the Hall of Fame this year and Dr. Rouzbeh Yassini tops the list. Dr. Rouzbeh Yassini's life work in the field of advancing telecommunications is once again recognized as pioneering and fundamental to [...]
Connecting West Virginia
West Virginia Executive “Connecting West Virginia” By Samantha Cart “Over the last decade, high-speed internet has become a necessity in business, education and health care.” West Virginia leaders and legislators continue to push fast, reliable broadband to revitalize the struggling economy, Dr. Rouzbeh Yassini offers insight into how [...]
YAS Foundation Grant to UNH Will Support Broadband Center of Excellence
“The BCoE has developed an aggressive list of objectives for the coming year that will serve to expand broadband availability in New Hampshire and elsewhere, and help extend broadband to those who are unserved or underserved,” A grant to the University of New Hampshire’s Broadband Center of Excellence [...]
Why Broadband Needs a Broader Vision
Broadband Library.com "Why Broadband Needs a Broader Vision" Rouzbeh Yassini, PhD “Imagine an intelligent being has been hurtled to Earth from a distant galaxy and is hovering somewhere over a metropolis near you. We'll call our being BOB, for Broadband Observational Bot. ” Dispatched for a fact-finding mission [...]
The Future of Broadband
BROADBAND LIBRARY WINTER 2014 " Internet Of People: The Future Of Broadband" by Rouzbeh Yassini, Ph.D. The INTERNET OF THINGS is powerful, but the real transformation is THE INTERNET OF PEOPLE Momentum is building fast around the next big broadband advancement: a world where billions of intelligent sensors and [...]
The Cable Center Oral History Collection
cablecenter.org The Hauser Oral History Project Interview Date: April 22, 2014 Interview Location: Denver, CO Interviewer: Stewart Schley Schley: I'm Stewart Schley, here on behalf of the Cable Center for its oral history series. We are in Denver, Colorado, at the headquarters of the Cable Center on April [...]
UNH to test Super Wi-Fi technology that could expand broadband access in rural areas
Concord Monitor "UNH to test ‘Super Wi-Fi’ technology that could expand broadband access in rural areas" By BEN LEUBSDORF “This is a perfect technology to be used for that last rural mile,” The University of New Hampshire next month will begin testing an experimental way to provide wireless [...]
Docsis 3.1: The Final Frontier?
LightReadingCable.com "Docsis 3.1: The Final Frontier?" By Jeff Baumgartner “If cable decides to go "all-in" with Docsis 3.1, it could indeed mark the final step before cable considers pulling fiber all the way to the home” ORLANDO, Fla. -- Cable-Tec Expo -- YAS Capital Partners President and CEO Rouzbeh Yassini is considered [...]
Father Knows Best
Light Reading Video "Father Knows Best" Jeff Baumgartner “Dr. Rouzbeh Yassini 'Father of the Cable Modem' offers his opinion on the emerging Docsis 3.1 platform and if the project represents the final step before cable takes fiber to your home” View the Video and find other informative article on [...]
Rouzbeh Yassini The Father of the Modern Modem
West Virginia University Magazine "Rouzbeh Yassini, The Father of the Modern Modem" Diana Mazzella “Our inspiration came from that fact that we knew—beyond any question—that access to broadband Internet connectivity would be an agent of tremendous empower-ment for individuals.” It was a futuristic life we had only [...]
A Decade of DOCSIS
Cable Digital News "A Decade of Docsis" Jeff Baumgartner Dr. Rouzbeh Yassini,"Father of the Cable Modem" had some interesting opinions to share about the future of Docsis recently, but recognizing the 10-year anniversary of the first certifications has not escaped his attention. So...Rouzbeh asked me to post this [...]
Cable Modem ‘Father’ to Grant Grants
Light Reading "Cable Modem 'Father' to Grant Grants" Jeff Baumgartner “Grant winners will participate in a six-week training session at the $10 million Yassini Broadband Knowledge Center in Boston” Rouzbeh Yassini, known in some circles as the "father of the cable modem," has completed the submission process and [...]
YAS Broadband Knowledge Center Research and Invention
“ROUZBEH YASSINI UNVEILS $10M “YAS BROADBAND KNOWLEDGE CENTER”; INITIATES FOUR $50,000 GRANTS FOR Ph.D.-LEVEL RESEARCH AND INVENTION” BOSTON, MA (November 29, 2007) – Rouzbeh Yassini, inventor of the cable modem and a distinguished participant in the broadband community, today announced the creation of the nation’s first independent facility [...]
Rouzbeh Yassini Fulfills a Tall Order
“This proclaimed "father of the cable modem" was one of the first to recognize the potential of a marriage between cable TV technology and data networking-and the first to do something about it.” by Roger Brown, Editor in Chief" Rouzbeh Yassini Fulfills a Tall Order" CED Magazine, 12/31/1998 Original [...]