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Cable Systems Aren’t All Alike
Big cable companies all over the country are upgrading their networks to DOCSIS 3.1 and announcing that they will soon have gigabit broadband available. Some networks have already been upgraded and we...
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Charter Upgrading Broadband
We are now starting to see the results of cable companies upgrading to DOCSIS 3.1. Charter, the second biggest ISP in the country recently announced that it will be able to offer gigabit speeds to...
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Getting Militant for Broadband
My job takes me to many rural counties where huge geographic areas don’t have broadband. I’ve seen a big change over the last two years in the expectations of rural residents who are now demanding that...
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Can Cable Fight 5G?
The big cable companies are clearly worried about 5G. They look at the recently introduced Verizon 5G product and they understand that they are going to see something similar over time in all of their...
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The Future of Coaxial Networks
My blog devotes a lot of time looking at fiber deployment, but since the majority of people in the US get broadband from cable companies using hybrid fiber/coaxial (HFC) technology, today’s blog looks...
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The Dirty Secret of Coaxial Broadband
The US has clearly pinned our hopes for providing modern broadband on the big cable companies. At the end of 2019, the big cable companies had almost 68 million customers compared to 33 million for the...
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10 GB Cable Broadband?
CableLabs recently put the finishing touches on the new DOCSIS 4.0 standard – the latest standard for delivering broadband across hybrid fiber-coaxial networks. The changes are intended to make cable...
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How Will Cable Companies Cope with COVID-19?
A majority of households today buy broadband from cable companies that operate hybrid coaxial fiber networks (HFC) that us some version of DOCISIS technology to control the networks. The largest cable...
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Will Cable Companies Tackle Faster Upload Speeds?
The number one complaint I’ve been hearing about broadband during the pandemic is that people found that they were unable to conduct multiple online sessions for working or doing schoolwork from home....
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Faster Speeds for Comcast
Comcast held a press release on September 8 that announced the introduction of a 2-gigabit download broadband product. The product is already available in Colorado Springs, CO, Augusta, GA, Panama City...
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Upgrades to DOCSIS 4.0
Cable companies often make it sound like DOCSIS 4.0 is right around the corner. This is the technology upgrade that will increase overall speeds to multiple gigabits while also providing the option for...
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