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[dlewis23]

A few weeks ago, the cable industry scrapped plans to deploy a stopgap measure to increase cable broadband speeds while the industry waits for the DOCSIS 3.0 specification. That now dead standard, known as DOCSIS 2.0b, would have bonded together two or three 6MHz channels to potentially offer customers 40 to 70Mbps downstream, and 30Mbps upstream. However the standard was largely a product of hardware vendors eager to sell more gear, while the cable providers themselves wanted to keep their eye on DOCSIS 3.0.

DOCSIS 3.0 will offer downstream data rates of 160 Mbps or higher and upstream data rates of 120 Mbps or higher (per channel), incorporate Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), and offers 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. Some networks, usually in less competitive markets, are still under the shadow of DOCSIS 1.1, and are waiting for 3.0 before upgrading.

Cablelabs has <a href="http://www.cablelabs.com/news/pr/2006/06_pr_docsis30_080706.html">released the specifications</a> for DOCSIS 3.0 to the public, after meeting with vendors (who signed non-disclosure agreements) in July.  The standard won't actually see real world deployment until late 2007 or early 2008, according to most projections.  Once deployed, the cable industry will be embracing interactive IP services in order to compete with Verizon Fios and other flavors of telcoTV.

Source: <a href="http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/77079">DSLreports.com</a>

[Blunted 2]

wow i was just reading that as you posted it.  lol how weird

[Swimmer]

very cool.. now when are we going to see those speeds?

[Blunted 2]

since its cable i wonder how capping will work with those speeds?

[just-]

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very cool.. now when are we going to see those speeds?

The standard won't actually see real world deployment until late 2007 or early 2008, according to most projections

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since its cable i wonder how capping will work with those speeds?

they wont give u those speeds
just like FIOS they don't give u the max speed capability of the fiber
they just give you what is a little bit better then the competion and slowly increase speed

shame they do it this way
but nothing we (small people) can do against them(big coporation)

[resopalrabotnick]

of course you will be able to get the max speeds.

you just have to make an individual deal with your cable provider. the reason they don't give everyone that high speed is simple: filesharing. no other application (other than maybe streaming video) exists that eats that much bandwidth 24/7. and the providers (other than the end user who pays a flat monthly fee) still have to pay for every bit of traffic out of their networks. would you like the 120 mbit plus speed? sure. do you want to have to foot the bill for using that pipe to the max? i doubt it.

so unless you want to pay thousnads of dollars a month (which you can also do with other technologies at similar speeds) for your cable internet you won't get those expensive speeds.