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  • From: Michael Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [internetworkers] 1 GB/s cable modems soon?
  • Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:02:16 -0500

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/does-broadband-need-a-stimulus/

"Running a new fiber-optic cable to every American home may well increase competition in broadband providers, but it isn’t needed to deliver high-speed Internet service. Current cable modems use just one of the more than 100 channels on a typical cable system and can often offer speeds of 16 megabits per second or more. The next generation of modems, using a technology called Docsis 3, allows several of those video channels to be combined to offer what ultimately can be Internet service as fast as 1 gigabit per second — 10 times faster than is offered in Japan, which generally is regarded as having the fastest broadband infrastructure."

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Michael Czeiszperger
Chapel Hill, NC 

"He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life." - H. Simpson
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