witmer1
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join:2002-09-23
Llewellyn, PA | Speeds
I don't understand why the emphasis is being placed on higher DOCSIS revisions when lower revisions offer significantly more bandwidth than Comcast offers. The can compete speed-wise pretty well with a better implementation of existing technology. |
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smcallah
join:2004-08-05
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| The DOCSIS speeds in the chart are showing the faster downstream and upstream that each CMTS port can do.
That speed is shared with everyone that is doing 5,7,8,10mbit down and everyone doing 384, 512, 768, 1mbit up.
Yes, you could have modems that are set to the full DOCSIS 1.x/2.0 speeds, but would you want 150 of them all on the same node sharing that? |
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Jerm
join:2000-04-10
Richland, WA
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Yes here's the shocker ---
Remember DOCSIS has been around for quite a while now... what like over 10 years for 1.0? And regardless of DOCSIS 1.0 or 2.0, you're basically only getting 38mbit shared between all users on your portion of the network. Now how "big" is your portion of the network? It really depends. But back when DOCSIS was first deployed it might have been upwards of 150-250 subs!
Obviously with companies offering 10mbit/16mbit etc PER USER it makes that 38mbit shared limit quite a constraint - esp considering just 3-4 users could completely saturate it. |
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