CableLabs Next-Gen Broadband Project Envisions Multigigabit Speeds [telecom]

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Data-Over-Coax Technology Would Eliminate 6-MHz Channel Divisions By Todd Spangler -- Multichannel News, April 25, 2010

Cable's next major broadband technology platform may throw DOCSIS out the window -- but it is envisioned to let operators economically deliver gobs of bandwidth over existing coaxial cable.

CableLabs, the industry's research and development consortium, is in the earliest stages of investigating a new platform for data-over-coax transmission reconceived from the ground up, according to people familiar with the project.

The concept, if it comes to fruition, could let cable operators deliver extremely high speeds downstream, of up to 5 Gigabits per second -- or even more.

Neal McLain

There are already standards for data over coaxial cable: 10Base5 and 10Base2. ;-)

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