Computer hardware; computer hardware for telecommunications; computer software for managing and controlling telecommunications equipment and systems from remote locations and evaluating wired and wireless voice, video and data transmissions; computer software for analog and digital signal processing in the field of telecommunications; computer peripherals; computer peripherals for telecommunications; Telecommunications hardware and components for use with, for providing, and for managing interactive digital video, broadband Ethernet and IP telecommunications, and high-speed data services, namely, optical transmitters, optical receivers, optical transceivers, digital transmitters, communication link testers, communication hubs, optical and electrical connectors, encoders, audio, video and data decoders, transcoders in the nature of digital-to-digital converters, video and audio input processors, Ethernet adapters, network switches, network routers, video server controllers, video signal splitters and combiners, communication access nodes in the nature of optical and electrical digital connections and optical and electrical analog connections, digital headend controllers, communication status monitors, analog and digital compression devices for audio, video and data signals, multiplexers, scramblers for encryption, modulators, de-modulators, and embedded software for managing, transmitting, and processing audio, video and data communications for use by cable broadcasters, satellite broadcasters, terrestrial broadcasters, telephone carriers and wireless telecommunications operators for use with communications networks, namely, wide area and local area fiber optic, cable, satellite, and wireless communication networks; computer software for providing and managing interactive digital video, broadband Ethernet and IP telecommunications, and high-speed data services