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Originally Posted by cartman
I think the guys with a lot of cable infrastructure in place are going to try and make a go of DOCSIS 3.1 (up to 10Gb/s down, 1Gb/s up) before making any big plans for implementing a fiber infrastructure.
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Theoretically. But DOCSIS 3.0 has gigabit download speeds, and the cable companies have generally only built it out to the 100-200 mbps capacity because they don't want to and can't necessarily provide the required downstream channels. It's probably five years before 3.1 is mainstream, and by that time it may even be further behind fiber.
I think it's what they plan to do, but the question is whether they can hold out that long.