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AT&T Turns On Ultra-Fa(s)t 40Gbps Backbone Network

Before everyone gets Godzilla bandwidth, the backbone pipes have gotta be able to fit Mothra and the rest of the crew in the system to prevent backups and bottlenecks. So AT&T's plumped their backbone up with a new 40Gbps (OC-768) network on 50,000 of its wavelength miles, making it the first provider to carry traffic coast-to-coast on 40-gigabit connections. More »

12:10 PM on Tue Dec 11 2007
By Matt Buchanan
6,790 views, 28 comments

godzilla bandwidth

Comcast Getting 100Mbps Cable Modems Next Year, Fiber Scared?

Comcast confirms we'll see the rollout of DOCSIS 3.0—the next-gen data over cable standard allowing bandwidth of 160Mbps down and 120Mbps up—starting next year, with 20 percent of its footprint expected to be blanketed in bandwidth goodness by the end of 2008. Even though Comcast isn't saying where it'll fall, markets where there's FiOS are probably going to continue having all of the fat pipe fortune—competition is good for people in those areas, bad for the rest of us. Now for the real bad news: More »

6:00 PM on Thu Nov 29 2007
By Matt Buchanan
13,768 views, 34 comments

Latest by Ellomdian: Sure thats great. Unless you don't have verizon in your area, so Comcast has no incentive to upgrade, and you're begging the ISP you work for to drop a Fiber or Gig-e line in the back of your house. more »

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100Mbps Cable Modem Certification Testing Starts; Showdown With Fiber Next Year

CableLabs has started testing and certifying the next generation of cable modems that use the DOCSIS 3.0 standard. In sorta English, we're talking boxes that'll handle 160Mbps download speeds and 120Mbps up, putting them on par with fiber optic services. The AZNs still have the jump on us, with customers in Korea and Singapore getting first crack at the fiber-like speeds in trials earlier this year. But, we should see cable companies rolling out the new hotness sometime next year. More »

3:00 PM on Fri Nov 23 2007
By Matt Buchanan
9,586 views, 31 comments

Latest by encyclia: Since the bonding will be a maximum of 4 existing channels, you would expect to see a 4x improvement in your current speed for a comparable piece of the bandwidth pie on a bonded system. Downstream bonding will come first, more »