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Re: Not Buying It said by webjock1:Interesting to see the 'optimum' performance is left to areas in or nearly "the sticks". I'm convinced that in that low density environment you have virtually a dedicated line and 20-30mbps should run as slick as snot on a door knob!  Actually I'm right near a college with 40,000 students and my 20MB is fine.
When you were "speaking firsthand as a former cable engineer" about this, I think you forgot to mention you may have been removed from the scene for at least 10 years and obviously are uninformed on the new technologies. When you said "Face it guys, the glory days of analog are over" ...analog? ...analog? ... the cable companies ditched analog 2-3 years ago. I have a cousin in St Louis who gets their 60MB service ...yes, 60MB in the suburbs of St Louis.
And you theory that cable uses only coax is off a bit too, in fact, cable companies to to have more fiber in the ground than the bells when it comes to rural deployment. In fact most cable ISP have local backbone that can carry anywhere for 40 - 100GB. The only coax is typically last mile. Why do you think Verizon is shelling out billions to play catch up?
You really should do some catch up in DOC 3.0, you may just piss yourself if you grasp what they can do with it. Your a self proclaimed "webjock" so I'm sure you'll be able to find the literature. You can start at cisco.com.
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