 yaplejPremium
join:2001-02-10
White City, OR | Really 60%? Maybe not. Charter just upgraded my area to DOCSIS 2.0. I'm getting 3.0/256, and could get 5.0/512, or 10/1 if I wanted to pay almost $70 for Internet alone.
I think one of the great advantage DOCSIS 2.0 has over 1.1 is the number of users the cable companies can place on a single node. With the increase bandwidth they can get more users on a single node and it will help drive down their infrastructure build out costs.
Its a good move for them, but I can see why they would want to hold off until DOCSIS 3.0 comes out. It seems that only places where they need the additional node density are seeing DOCSIS 2.0 upgrades because it will postpone the requirement for an infrastructure build.
So its really saving them money to upgrade specific areas to 2.0 when needed until 3.0 comes out to play, but it will probably be implemented in a similar fashion. Only places with overpopulated nodes will see the upgrade to 3.0, and the deployment of 2.0 will continue due to falling prices for 2.0 equipment.
The end result will be good overall IMO. Iv never been able to even get a 1mbps upload before, but now at least the option is there, and 10mbps down... wow.
I honestly don't expect to see 3.0 in 60% of the cable market by 2010 I cannot see the future though. Maybe by then it will be something like 15% 4.0, 35% 3.0, and 49% 2.0, and 1% 1.1. |
