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Ignitionnet · 25-07-2016, 23:41

I would go a bit further and expect a gigabit DOCSIS 3.1 service with the price tag and contract to cover the new modem to match.

Those modems can draw all the DOCSIS 3.0 capacity being used for the existing services along with at least one 96 MHz OFDM block all for them.

I see no value in DOCSIS 3.1 modems with tiers that are a half-way house. As long as uptake isn't high 750Mb can be done with 24 channels via DOCSIS 3.0. It would feel like a bit of a disappointment, a damp squib, to deploy 3.1 for anything less than a gig.

Although as a disclaimer people may really, really not like the upstream speed that will initially come with such a service. The current DOCSIS 3.1 deployments are using DOCSIS 3.0 upstreams, so 1000Mb down, 35 - 50Mb up ahoy.

25-07-2016, 23:41	#6
Ignitionnet Inactive Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Age: 45 Posts: 13,996	Re: HFC: Delivering Gigabit Broadband I would go a bit further and expect a gigabit DOCSIS 3.1 service with the price tag and contract to cover the new modem to match. Those modems can draw all the DOCSIS 3.0 capacity being used for the existing services along with at least one 96 MHz OFDM block all for them. I see no value in DOCSIS 3.1 modems with tiers that are a half-way house. As long as uptake isn't high 750Mb can be done with 24 channels via DOCSIS 3.0. It would feel like a bit of a disappointment, a damp squib, to deploy 3.1 for anything less than a gig. Although as a disclaimer people may really, really not like the upstream speed that will initially come with such a service. The current DOCSIS 3.1 deployments are using DOCSIS 3.0 upstreams, so 1000Mb down, 35 - 50Mb up ahoy.