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tshirt
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Snohomish, WA

tshirt

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1 Gbps to the entire city of Los Angeles in just two years sounds impressive

,but not if it's Google rolling out a new fiber plant from scratch, yet upgrades to an existing COAX-fiber plant (with fiber deep in the last mile) that already reaches almost every address, can't be done?

While it's likely that TWC won't exist long enough to fulfill that or not.
if you just look at the 2 "promises" side by side knowing the technology that exists, with out prejudice towards any company or technology. and asked 100 people "WHICH is more likely to be possible?"
What do you think the results would be?
en103
join:2011-05-02

en103

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In theory - there's 3 ways for this to happen.

1. Fiber deployment (not likely)
2. QAM 4096 on Docsis 3.1 (possible - going to have to have 'really' tight connections, low noise)
3. At least +24 downstream channels on QAM 256 bonded. It is possible. We are using 16 today.

I suspect the long term goal is #2. #3 is close to existing ... TWC's model may require users to have 32 channels with their current model. Eg. a 343Mbps capable system today is capped at 100Mbps. A 160 Mbps - 4 channel modem is capped at 50Mbps.
BiggA
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join:2005-11-23
Central CT

BiggA

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You'd have to go to 27 D3 channels bonded to actually get to a gig. So likely something like 32 channel D3, if the equipment for such a beast even exists.

tshirt
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join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA

tshirt

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The thing is I doubt it will be widespread due to cost but will likely be "AVAILABLE"
No, it probably won't be Google fiber cheap, but it might happen in just a couple years....holding your breath for GOOGLE or nothing is certain death