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Re: Exciting said by Rob:All these numbers are exciting.."40 to 70Mbps downstream, and 30Mbps upstream".. "DOCSIS 3.0 will offer downstream data rates of 160 Mbps or higher and upstream data rates of 120 Mbps or higher (per channel), incorporate Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), and offers a plethora of other performance and functionality upgrades"... But even if 3.0 was deployed nation wide tomorrow, only those cable customers in FiOS available areas would see those speeds. Broadband is a very young technology. Heck, the foundation to broadband is still being built. If you think about it, broadband has only been in mainstream since 1998, and thats being generous. @Home was out in beta in major cities in 1995-1996.
How far will we be in 2010? Who knows. I will be the first to venture though that most major cities will be wired with FIOS by then. The rural areas will still be struggling, and smaller/midsize cities will have some broadband solution.
All these things take time, and the public needs to be willing to spend money on it. Welcome to a capitalist society. 
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kudos:2 | said by bogey780:From the time that telco service became a national mandate (circa 1916) to almost universal coverage it took almost 90 years. Now we're expected to redo the entire job in only 20 years. If it gets done I think it's amazing. Yes, you are expected. We don't feel sorry for telco's. They've been given too much freedom and now it's biting them in the ass. Well too bad. If they can't walk the talk, then they should step aside and let someone else do it.
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