 SnickerdoPremium
join:2001-02-28
Niagara Falls, ON | reply to Jerm
Re: Race is already WON said by Jerm:DOCSIS 1.0, 1.1, & 2.0 can do about 27 mbps per downstream port using QAM 64 modulation and about 38 mbps using QAM 256 modulation. Upstream is limited to about 5 mbps per upstream port using DOCSIS 1.0, 10 mbps using DOCSIS 1.1, and 30 mbps using DOCSIS 2.0 You're forgetting to take into account that there can be up to six channels PER NODE. That's 288Mbit/s down and 30-180Mbit/s upstream for a single node, which can be split if necessary. Not too bad when you're dealing with regular ol' coax.
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 Jerm
join:2000-04-10
Richland, WA
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1 edit | Does Cox have their network upgraded TODAY? The last two replies I appreciate, because they are both very good points. Yes cable CAN go faster, but most current systems aren't making the necessary modifications to do so. Even though they can fit more channels, very few if any do so currently.
And thats my problem with Cox. Did they actually config their network to handle customers @ 15mbps or did they just raise the caps and now will let everything go to sh*t.
Capping bandwidth at 15mbps is no problem. Delivering and actual 15mbps reliably over a real customer base IS.
Sorry for the rant, its just that Charter had enough problems providing 3mbps/256kbps to me reliably. I can only imagine what would happen if they allowed 15/2 |
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| They upgraded the NOVA cable system to DOCSIS 2.0, so yes they can give their customers that bandwidth. |
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 nixenRockin' the BoxenPremium
join:2002-10-04
Alexandria, VA | reply to Jerm
I Fairfax County, they've spent the past 5 years replacing all the trunk lines with fibre. Why? Because, if they didn't, they'd not be able to sell broadband, at all, here. There's just way too many other alternatives in Northern Virginia.
-tom
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