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| current modems? so this will be a firmware upgrade?
still, that doesn't mean cable companies are going to offer faster upload speeds. they are unlikely to offer symmetric broadband any time soon, but they could easily double or triple current speeds offered on mid-tier & low tier plans.
50/8 offered by cablevision could easily match 50/20 (by Verizon) with upstream bonding... bit for bit under docsis 3.1 |
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| CV can already do 50/20 with the current setup as they do 101/15 (closer to 18) now with the "ULTRA" tier. Once everyone is moved to digital then they can do upstream bonding on 4 channels and and 8 down and do a 200/50Mbps plan easily. The problem is always the cost for them and for users, they might not want to pay for it. |
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·Comcast
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said by tmc8080:so this will be a firmware upgrade?
I don't think so.
what they are talking about is, more freq's, in ranges not planned for under D3, and rather than having 2 tuners/chips, seeking sets of 4 channels, having multi tuners capturing 4-8+ channals individually and switching as needed (this is 100 times as complex as D3)
D3 along with other techniques will extend regularspeed/service upgrades for the 5-10 years it takes for this to FULLY deploy, But don't expect petabit speeds tomorrow.
so some new hardware will most likely be needed at home for the highest speeds, most others can continue as they are (which is the 99% who drive the market)
BTW between the newest splits offered the 200Mhz split look best to me (usable/overlayable on current physical plants) even if it doesn't yield MAX speeds forever. |
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·Bright House
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said by tmc8080:so this will be a firmware upgrade?
still, that doesn't mean cable companies are going to offer faster upload speeds. they are unlikely to offer symmetric broadband any time soon, but they could easily double or triple current speeds offered on mid-tier & low tier plans.
50/8 offered by cablevision could easily match 50/20 (by Verizon) with upstream bonding... bit for bit under docsis 3.1
No, this will be a network upgrade. They would have to hit every active device in the network and change the diplex filter on top of devices in the head end.
Also, symmetric broadband isnt needed by 99% of users. Very very few people need to upload THAT much data from a home, residential account. |
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Santa Clara, CA | said by tim tim tim:Also, symmetric broadband isnt needed by 99% of users. Very very few people need to upload THAT much data from a home, residential account.
Still stuck in the distant past?
Ever heard of cloud services?
With banana republic infrastructure such services are not reachable. |
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