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Videotron is working with Cisco for possible 2007 launch
(old news - 03:03PM Thursday Feb 01 2007)
tags: bandwidth · cable · world
We've been seeing a growing number of pre-cert 50-100Mbps cable solutions deployed in various markets such as the UK and South Korea. ARRIS, Motorola and Cisco are all pitching pre-standard products (with the focus on wideband channel bonding). Canadian cable provider Videotron announced today that the company would be offering 100Mbps cable broadband service, using Cisco's pre-DOCSIS 3.0 wideband solution. Note the press release says they're still testing the service, and it may see commercial launch in 2007.

As of today, Singapore has the only nationwide deployment of (pre-standard) 100Mbps DOCSIS 3.0 cable service. To get those speeds, users need to purchase a $525 modem and shell out $121.80 per month.

DOCSIS 3.0, once certified, will offer downstream data rates of 160 Mbps or higher and upstream data rates of 120 Mbps or higher (per channel). It will also incorporate Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) and offer a plethora of other performance and functionality upgrades. For reference, DOCSIS 2.0, currently in use, delivers up to 40 Mbps down/30 Mbps up per channel.

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  8. Virgin Media Testing 200Mbps Cable
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Toguro

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Way to go

Way to go America Junior

ninjatutle
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Hats?

Unlimited?
alfnoid
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Re: Hats?

yeah, don't the Canadians have a 100GB/month cap already?

Matt
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Re: Hats?

said by alfnoid See Profile :

yeah, don't the Canadians have a 100GB/month cap already?
Who cares, I don't do over 100GB in a month but I'd like to have a connection 10 times as fast.
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MysticGogeta
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Re: Hats?

Yeah but downloading at 12 megabytes plus a second you can easily hit 100 GB cap
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Re: Hats?

said by MysticGogeta See Profile :

Yeah but downloading at 12 megabytes plus a second you can easily hit 100 GB cap
It's 10.5MB/sec max and no you won't, not if you download the same amount of data.
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3 edits

Re: Hats?

100/8=12.5 to be more exact
»Tweaking FAQ »The Bit and Byte difference.

Matt
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Re: Hats?

said by MysticGogeta See Profile :

100/8=12.5 to be more exact
»Tweaking FAQ »The Bit and Byte difference.
LOL, you're right. Can you tell I hate Math?
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Re: Hats?

Its cool I thought I was wrong for a second so I had to dig up that FAQ
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Videotron's Extreme High Speed(10/1) is unlimited.
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alfnoid
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Re: Hats?

said by MikeG See Profile :

Videotron's Extreme High Speed(10/1, and extreme plus(20/1) are both unlimited.
Ok...Must have been thinking of something else.

pkarlos_76

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Re: Hats?

said by alfnoid See Profile :

said by MikeG See Profile :

Videotron's Extreme High Speed(10/1, and extreme plus(20/1) are both unlimited.
Ok...Must have been thinking of something else.
Your were thinking fo Shaw Cable and Rogers All I got say about this is don't hold your breath, you know how technology is with these companies. OH, did u say this year, we meant next year.

dvd536
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said by MikeG See Profile :

Videotron's Extreme High Speed(10/1, and extreme plus(20/1) are both unlimited.
How many gigs is their unlimited service?
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XoX

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Re: Hats?

Changed ISP because of the $ but I had them for 6 years and never once I was called about over usage. With the extreme acces I did more than 200 Go for a few month in a row (If I remember correctly I was over 1 TB after 5 month).
Tikker_LoS

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said by alfnoid See Profile :

yeah, don't the Canadians have a 100GB/month cap already?
yes there's only 1 ISP in all of canada

MysticGogeta
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Wait.. I just realized this said Hats

Agent 86

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Per channel

The per-channel data rate is the same as DOCSIS 2.0. The new thing is channel bonding, which allows multiple channels to act like one fat one.

DaSneaky1D
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Re: Per channel

No it's not.

purc2523

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Re: Per channel

Yes it is.

»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOCSIS

"All three versions of the DOCSIS standard support a downstream throughput of up to 38 Mbit/s per channel with 256-QAM"
daslog

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wow

I bet you can download a lot of Moose Porn on that connection.

Boogeyman
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Re: wow

said by daslog See Profile :

I bet you can download a lot of Moose Porn on that connection.
Got any links? ;P
HyPeRbAnD

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Modem price is high..

That should come down as it becomes popular.. 100mbps over HFC nice..

Mega DETH
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2010 I can't wait!!

Maybe---It will get here by then...

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Re: 2010 I can't wait!!

Extreme plus isn't unlimited !

MikeG
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Re: 2010 I can't wait!!

you're right. Edited above.
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said by Mega DETH See Profile :

Maybe---It will get here by then...
yeah it'll be here december 22, 2012.
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Re: 2010 I can't wait!!

Give the telcos and cablecos some credit....summer 2012.

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said by dvd536 See Profile :

said by Mega DETH See Profile :

Maybe---It will get here by then...
yeah it'll be here december 22, 2012.
Too young to die!

thender2
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el oh el

quote:
DOCSIS 3.0, once certified, will offer downstream data rates of 160 Mbps or higher and upstream data rates of 120 Mbps or higher (per channel). It will also incorporate Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) and offer a plethora of other performance and functionality upgrades.
Right now, cable can do a nice high upload.. but do we see more than 768 kbps? No. Do we see 768 kbps upstreams with cale ISPs without stupid "we can send out letters threatening discontinued service if you keep using it" - no.

Verizon needs to expand FIOS to the rest of the world. Imagine a world with no transfer caps, low pings, cheap 31/9.5, no enforcement of their TOS, that uses DMCA notices as toilet paper. That's a beautiful world.
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dynodb
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Re: el oh el

If you think that Verizon will allow unlimited bandwidth on their FIOS service, you're dreaming. Might not be much of an issue now that there are relatively few users, but that will most likely change- any oversubscribed network can be impacted by high-utilization users.

thender2
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Re: el oh el

Right now I think they're undersubscribed. I think I'm one of the ten people on this island with their service so far..

Trinijoy
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OH GREAT

Great IPv6 here comes the idiots who don't know what those are on phone support.

sdsdsdsdsd

@rim.net

worthless

As for the comments above:

Videotron is only for a small portion of Canada and their bandwidth, last I heard, has not changed from 20gigs per month... hence worthless.

Rogers and Shaw Cable are available nationally with Rogers being 100 gigs per month.

take_off_ay

@bell.ca

Re: worthless

said by sdsdsdsdsd :

Rogers and Shaw Cable are available nationally with Rogers being 100 gigs per month.
ummm not. They each have their territory and are NOT national.

jessegr

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Gatineau, QC

1 edit

Optimax Sucks

Blows bell's optimax service sky high out of the water.

TigerLord
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Re: Optimax Sucks

The 10mbit service is cap-free ... so its not worthless !

XoX

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Re: Optimax Sucks

said by TigerLord See Profile :

The 10mbit service is cap-free ... so its not worthless !
You right... I had the service since it was offered and for the price I was perfect...
rob2006

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Re: Optimax Sucks

i doubt its unlimited, thats means i use over 4 tb per month.

blueeyesm

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Waterloo, ON
·Rogers Hi-Speed

CBC news report

»www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007···202.html

said by "cbc.ca" :
Videotron testing 500% faster internet service
Last Updated: Friday, February 2, 2007 | 4:02 PM ET
CBC News

Videotron Ltd. is planning in 2007 to roll out a new high-speed internet service at least five times faster than current offerings.

The Montreal-based telecommunications provider said on Thursday that it is testing a service that would let its customers achieve internet speeds as high as 100 megabits per second (Mbps).

Videotron currently offers home internet users what may be the fastest high-speed service in the country, with download speeds of up to 20 megabits a second. Other major telecommunications providers such as Bell, Rogers and Telus offer high-speed services that top out at around five or six megabits a second.

A selected group of Videotron customers in Montreal have been testing the new high-speed service for more than a month and the company is projecting that they will reach a speed of 100 Mbps later this year, the company said Thursday.

The company plans to continue testing over the next few months and subsequently offer the service to more of its 769,000 internet service subscribers.

Videotron said the higher speeds could transform its offerings, especially with the explosion of online video.

According to a statement released jointly with network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc., the new speeds are possible due to a technological breakthrough. Cisco provides Videotron with hardware through its wholly owned subsidiaries Cisco Systems Canada Co. and Cisco Systems Canada Ltd.
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