It may happen that very soon the biggest cable TV networks will be offering the Internet with the data rates higher than 100 Mbit/s. The reason is the new DOCSIS 3.0 standard which is being tested also in Poland. The PasjaGSM.pl claims that ultra-fast Internet links will have been offered by the cable TV operators by the end of this year.
Marcin Ułasik from VECTOR describes the DOCSIS 3.0 standard for all readers of PasjaGSM.pl.
What is the DOCSIS 3.0 standard? It is the next version of the fast data transmission standard for cable TV networks (Data Over Cable System Interface Specification). In comparison with the old versions the DOCSIS 3.0 allows:
- flexible configuration of the system including the network traffic reconfiguration and customer demands,
- usage of the up-to-date integrated circuits available on the market in order to reduce system costs,
- substantial increase of maximum data rate which can be offered for subscribers.
The general idea of the standard is “more services for less money” – the subscribers can be offered a broader bandwidth for lower subscription fee. The deployment moment is ideal – increasing demand for bandwidth, more content available in the Internet, higher resolutions of shared files.
The standard is half-baked – the providers announce that next year the proper technologies for 160 Mbit/s download and 120 Mbit/s upload will appear. In practice, the download and upload subscriber speed can be higher, and the cable modem providers announce software updates to the new standard of currently offered modems.
source: VECTOR