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Comcast's CCAP Deployment Plans Another follow-up article with Jorge Salinger's (VP of access architecture) update on Comcast's CCAP deployment plans and results from their CCAP operational-readiness test that was conducted earlier this year:
What Comcast Learned From Trying Out CCAP
By Jeff Baumgartner, Light Reading Cable - December 14, 2012
»www.lightreading.com/document.as···lr_cable |
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Re: Dream Modem - 24x8 Looks like Netgear will be the first to release a 24x4 modem/gateway: Netgear's 1-Gig Cable Gateway Breaks ThroughBy Jeff Baumgartner, Light Reading Cable - December 19, 2012 » www.lightreading.com/document.as···lr_cableNetgear Inc. is the first cable modem vendor to reveal that it has obtained CableLabs certification for a modem that can bond 24 channels and get within shouting distance of a shared 1Gbit/s downstream.
Netgear said it received the CableLabs stamp for the CG4500TM, a gateway with two voice ports, integrated Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) for wired home networking, and a dual-band 802.11n access point. The model's 24-channel downstream is paired with a four-channel upstream, the minimal upstream configuration allowed by the Docsis 3.0 specifications.
The device also uses MaxLinear Corp.'s MxL267 Full-Spectrum Capture tuner/front-end receiver.
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A Netgear spokeswoman also confirmed that the CG4500TM is powered by the Intel Corp. Puma6 chipset, and that the product is expected to reach commercial availability in the first half of 2013. EDIT: CED Magazine also has an article on this now: Netgear’s new gateway garners CableLabs DOCSIS 3.0 certificationBy Mike Robuck, CED Magazine - December 19, 2012 » www.cedmagazine.com/news/2012/12···ficationEDIT2: Also, the press releases from Netgear and MaxLinear: » www.netgear.com/about/press-rele···012.aspx» www.maxlinear.com/maxlinear-mxl2···-family/ |
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| Guess my 8x4 Moto will be fine for now - still waiting for that 24x8 though if I were to ever buy anything newer. Hell 32/16? :P
Since I doubt my ISP is doing anything soon, I think i'm good for now. Would still love a 100Mbps and say 20Mbps up even though my 50/8 doesn't slow me down now. |
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I was to be a tester of this bad boy but Comcast is excluded from the test currently  |
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An article on the LRC site today about 4 technologies that cable companies may/will be using to extend the life and capabilities of their hybrid fiber-coax plant:
Four Ways Cable Is Saving The Coax
By Jeff Baumgartner, Light Reading Cable - December 26, 2012
»www.lightreading.com/document.as···lr_cable |
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telcodad
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Broadcom is now launching their new line of DOCSIS 3.0 chipsets that can bond up to 24 downstream channels, matching the capabilities of Intel's Puma 6 ones:
Broadcom Matches Intel With 1-Gig D3 Chipset
By Jeff Baumgartner, Light Reading Cable - January 8, 2013
»www.lightreading.com/docsis/broa···40145750
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CES: Broadcom Debuts Chips for 1-Gig Cable Modems, Ultra HD Set-Tops
By Todd Spangler, Multichannel News - January 8, 2013
»www.multichannel.com/broadband/c···s/141088 |
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 Chris 313Come get somePremium
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Houma, LA | Very interesting. A modem with one of these chips would do Comcast's current fiber 305 service easily.
Think this would be what they need to bring it to the masses outside of the Metro-E area? |
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telcodad
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kudos:2 | I don't think Comcast will ever offer 305Mbps service using DOCSIS 3.0. If they ever do offer such speeds over their HFC network, it would probably be by using equipment built to the new, currently-under-development DOCSIS 3.1 specs (see: »Re: Dream Modem - 24x8).
Also see Jeff Baumgartner's blog item today about all this:
Will Broadcom Go for More Than 1-Gig?
By Jeff Baumgartner, Light Reading Cable - January 8, 2013
»www.lightreading.com/blog/docsis···40145759 |
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| Yeah, I did some reading on it and you're probably right. I do find it funny though. I just got the D3 upgrade here about 3 weeks ago, after 5 years of waiting. Docsis 3.1's first products aren't due until some time next year. Wonder how long it'll take to get me that upgrade?
Keep up the goodies. I'm drooling over here. |
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brad
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Etobicoke, ON | reply to Chris 313
said by Chris 313:Very interesting. A modem with one of these chips would do Comcast's current fiber 305 service easily.
Except that would require upgrades to all of the cable nodes where they would provide this service via DOCSIS. It is easier going the FTTH route for these speed tiers. |
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brad
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said by AnonMan
99% of people can't qualify for it probably and COAX can handle much more bandwidth still. (currently is limited by the frequency range being used).
[/BQUOTE :Unfortunately the real world comes into play. Paper specs do not do any good if it doesn't work in the real world. Cable co's need things they can implement now not things based on theory on paper. |
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telcodad
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Re: Comcast's CCAP Deployment Plans FYI - An update on CCAP deployment and vendors on the Light Reading Cable site today:
Sizing Up the CCAP Players
By Jeff Baumgartner, Light Reading Cable - January 23, 2013
»www.lightreading.com/head-ends/s···40146837 |
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kudos:1 | Interesting, thanks!
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telcodad
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Re: Dream Modem - 24x8 An article on the Light Reading Cable site with the latest status on the new DOCSIS 3.1 specifications:
Docsis 3.1 Stays on a Fast Track
By Jeff Baumgartner, Light Reading Cable - March 19, 2013
»www.lightreading.com/docsis/docs···40151188 |
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telcodad
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Re: Comcast's CCAP Deployment Plans The latest news on Comcast's CCAP deployment plans in this article on the LRC site today:
Major Cable Players Rally Around CCAP
By Jeff Baumgartner, Light Reading Cable - March 21, 2013
»www.lightreading.com/head-ends/m···40151312 |
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telcodad
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Re: Dream Modem - 24x8 Comcast announced its newest "Xfinity Wireless Gateway" which is capable of bonding up to 16 downstream channels, and incorporates a dual-band (2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz) 802.11n wireless router which tests show can provide speeds of up to 270 Mbps:
Comcast Revs Up Speedy Cisco Wireless Gateway
Debuts Dual-Band 802.11n/DOCSIS 3.0 Gateway in Tandem with Nationwide Broadband Speed Boost
By Jeff Baumgartner, Multichannel News - April 26, 2013
»www.multichannel.com/distributio···y/142950
Press release: »www.businesswire.com/news/home/2···-Fastest
ComcastVoices blog: »corporate.comcast.com/comcast-vo···e-nation
EDIT: The link to the "new competitive analysis" conducted by Allion USA, LLC (the link in the press release and blog is to the old one):
»www.allionusa.com/sites/default/···ysis.pdf |
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 EGThe wings of lovePremium
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kudos:9 | OH NO, NOT ANOTHER GATEWAY DEVICE.... LORD HELP US !!! |
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| said by EG:OH NO, NOT ANOTHER GATEWAY DEVICE.... LORD HELP US !!!
Will this be any better then the ARRIS gateways we've heard horror stories about?
Personally, I just bought Asus RT-N66U. Whoever Comcast gets their gear from, I just want an EMTA version of this and call it a day.
Though, on the positive side, it lends evidence to the fact that Comcast will be rolling out a higher 205/xx speed soon. |
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EGThe wings of lovePremium
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kudos:9 | Even if it's better quality, it will still have the inherent pitfalls that gateway devices have.. Just to name two of these pitfalls; like having more difficulties / complications when it comes to troubleshooting time (can't do process of elimination stuff as with separates), and also being a prisoner of the firmware updates that can come only from the ISP.. |
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| said by EG:Even if it's better quality, it will still have the inherent pitfalls that gateway devices have.. Just to name two of these pitfalls; like having more difficulties / complications when it comes to troubleshooting time (can't do process of elimination stuff as with separates), and also being a prisoner of the firmware updates that can come only from the ISP..
Yes. When you have an issue, it is better to be able to just modem + device = solution or still have the issue, proving it isn't whatever else you had hooked up.
Can't do that with a combo unit.
And ya know, I think I like being the one that says when my router is updated firmware wise and with what features disabled/enabled
Look at the recent Xbox issues with the ARRIS gateway. Hell, I think a friend of mine had the same problem for about a year with an 852G. |
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