160Mbps downloads move closer for US cable customers

[Chris]

The National Cable & Telecommunications Association is holding its annual convention in Las Vegas (where else?) and this year, super-high-speed cable service is finally moving into the limelight. Announcements from hardware providers like Motorola and Texas Instruments suggest that we're finally moving closer to the promised land of DOCSIS 3.0.

DOCSIS 3.0 offers two immediate benefits over what cable ISP subscribers are currently stuck with (DOCSIS 1.1): faster speeds and support for IPv6. The technology has the potential to bump download speeds to 160Mbps and upload speeds to 120Mbps, although that bandwidth will be divided up between households attached to a single node.

In the first widespread deployment of pre-DOCSIS 3.0 hardware, a South Korean cable ISP was able to pump 100Mbps service into the homes of its subscribers. This week's announcements provide hope that the kind of speeds seen in Korea will be making their way across the Pacific before too long.

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160mbps = 20MB/s :0

The technology has the potential to bump download speeds to 160Mbps and upload speeds to 120Mbps, although that bandwidth will be divided up between households attached to a single node. B)

[cozofdeath]

I always thought DOCSIS was firmware? Its cool their coming out with it. Maybe ISPs will lower rates and provide faster access with all the fiber and new technologies coming out. I wonder what will happen when all the cable pirates figure out how to steal everyones bandwidth like other prior versions of DOCSIS. I can't imagine the speeds they would get then. Poor dial-up users.

[ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb]

Doesn't sound too extravagant; we already have 100mbps here (although they call it 100Mbps at http://www.ocn.ne.jp/english/personal/broadband/hikari/).

[Scarecrow Man]

Here's an idea. Lets get everyone off dial-up before we start handing out MORE bandwidth to those that already have it.

I have download speends of 2-3K/s, and they are saying 160Mbps is coming soon?!?

I already pay for 1 phone line, a second phone line (because I cant use the internet and phone at same time), plus the internet service itself. After everything I am paying MORE than I would be for the top broadband service.

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