Consultant Services
Do you have a hard-to-solve problem? Do you need to do comprehensive research and reporting, but you do not have the man power to dedicate to the project? Let Graycliff Enterprises help. Our consulting team is second to none. We can help you evaluate vendors, contracts, platforms, or find that elusive answer to a pestering problem. We understand IPTV, Metro-Ethernet, WiFi, FTTx , copper, and HFC platforms.

Whether it is getting all the players to play well together on a multi-platform system or helping you through a satellite signal survey, we can make it happen. From project management to head-to-head vendor trials and bake-offs, we have the experience to provide you the information you need to make critical decisions.  Our team has over 100 years combined experience in the telecommunications industry and we are ready to help you. Give us a call and let us put you in touch with one of our experts to tell you what we can do for you.

IPTV – Just some of the areas we can help you with:

• Signal Acquisition
• Satellite
• Signal Survey
• Pad Installation
• Identify Earth Station (dish) Installation locations (both single and multi-feed) C, Ku, and Ka Band elevation and azimuth calculations
• Receiver installation and configuration
• Terrestrial
• Antenna Signal Survey
• Antenna Installation
• All cabling, bonding, grounding, powering installation (AC and DC) LNA, LNB and LNC.
• Headend

• Encoder/Decoder evaluation, installation and turn-up
• Transcoder/Transrate equipment selection, installation, configuration and turn-up
• Router/switch selection, installation, configuration and turn-up
• Middleware server and software selection, installation, configuration and turn-up
• Ad Insertion servers, selection, installation, configuration and turn-up.
• Mux/StatMux selection, installation, configuration and turn-up.
• Channel mapping
• All cabling, ladder rack, bonding, grounding (both traditional and Halo), powering (AC and DC).
• SONNET and/or GigE evaluation, selection, equipment installation, configuration and turn-up.
• Documentation
• All recommendations and work is documented both in hard copy and in electronic form.
• All cables, line-up locations, and bays marked to correspond with provided documents.

Metro-Ethernet – Our employees have help lead the way in:
Helping companies deliver true Metro-Ethernet in a SONNET world.

• Deliver SMB Metro-Ethernet over copper through pair bonding.
• Design and Engineer routes and equipment requirements.
• Router/Modem installation, configuration and turn-up.
• Delivering SMB Metro-Ethernet over HFC through channel bonding
• Help identify spectrum that can be used.
• Engineer equipment requirements.
• Router/Modem installation, configuration and activation
• Help companies deliver Metro-Ethernet in a fiber world.
• Help you decide whether to use a CWDW and/or DWDM solution to reduce fiber congestion and
• Help you connect all three of the above platforms into a seamless WAN/LAN.

WiFi – We can help you decide what will best fit your needs.

• From simple access point installations to complex systems.
• Simple Mesh networks to self-healing, self-routing Mesh networks.
• High or low power networks
• Networks that can cover a building to networks that can cover a neighborhood.

FTTx – We can help you with those difficult fiber questions like:

• How much fiber do I need to carry our company into the future?
• Is fiber to the home the right strategy for us?
• Should we do an RF overlay or deliver IPTV?
• Is VoIP right or do we deliver voice over ATM?
• Which platform is the right strategy?
• GPON?
• EPON?
• Passive?
• Active?

Copper – In today’s economy many Telco’s are asking for help in deciding:

• How do we stay competitive without rebuilding the system?
• How can I reuse my existing infrastructure for advanced services?
• Do I have to offer Video service, if so, what is the best way for me to do that?
• What are the new “Over-the-Top” services I keep hearing about? Will this help me or hurt my business model?
• How fast is fast enough when it comes to High-speed data? Is there any end in sight?
  
  

HFC – Today many of the smaller cable companies and MSO are wondering:

• Do I need to rebuild to stay competitive?
• How can I add new advanced services without a full rebuild?
• Will the new “Over-the-Top” services hurt my revenue?
• What can I do to control internet costs with more and more P2P services being used by my customers?
• Is VOD a cost-effective service for me?
• Is VoIP a cost-effective service for me to offer?