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dudeman456
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[Cable] Docsis 1 to Docsis 3 upgrade on operator side

Can an Docsis 1 operator upgrade their equipment to Docsis 3 without data interruption to its users?

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said by dudeman456:

Can an Docsis 1 operator upgrade their equipment to Docsis 3 without data interruption to its users?

No

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They can probably setup all the equipment right next to the DOCSIS 1 equipment, and then do "scheduled maintenance" for a few hours in the middle of the night to do the switch. Depending on available space, they may have to do equipment switchout in sections, and thus have a few outages.

They are usually planned in the middle of the night, often between 1 and 4 AM. it may affect you if you are a night owl, but 98% of people are probably asleep between those hours, so effect on data communications is limited.