Andre Yoskowitz
10 May 2007 14:03
At The Cable Show conference in Las Vegas this week, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts unveiled a new cable modem technology that could bring amazing speeds of 150 megabits per second. Roberts said the technology would be a good way to compete with lower cost DSL and the significantly faster FiOS. FiOS currently offers up to 50 megabits.
The new technology, Version 3.0 of the DOCSIS standard, is developed by the Cable Television Laboratories which represents all of the cable providers in the country. The new technology utilizes four channels to send data instead of just one and that "channel bonding" would enable speeds 25 times higher than most current cable modems can handle.
Roberts added that manufacturers are planning to submit DOCSIS 3.0 modems for certification later this year, and that he hopes to see the technology in the homes of customers within a couple years.
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