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Re: Verizon chiefs not thinking it through. said by patcat88:Yep, 10 channel DOCSIS 3 (max the standard can do) is 380mbit per node. FIOS is 622 or 2500 mbit per node, with max 32 customers on 1 node. Uncomparable to DOCSIS 3. Yes, if Verizon chose to use statistical multiplexing on their GPON systems (like DSL typically does), they could assign every home 2.4Gbps down and 1.2Gbps up (every home gets the full 2.4Gbps download datastream, and the updirection gets dynamically allocated slots). Even if statistical multiplexing had less aggressive multiplexing assumptions (probably a lot less agressive), the practical speeds would still be incredibly higher than current 50Mbps offerings. The "problem" probably would be what to do with all that bandwidth once it gets to the central office from it's entire area using this "insane" bandwidth. The backbones wouldn't be large enough for everybody going at once using a significant portion of their available last mile bandwidth.  |
