News 10 Gigabit Internet Is Coming Within a Decade

[Admin]

DOCSIS 4 and hybrid fiber coax will enable the next step of the Internet revolution.

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[Makaveli]

WIll believe it when I see it. The cable companies have been talking about this for years and only have internal lab test to show for it.

 

[King_V]

Comcast: "Ok, we'll give you a whole TWENTY Mbps upload then."

 

[LolaGT]

Coming for who? Certainly not the average American.
Comcast and the rest are too busy milking us for every last cent for what is considered poor service, comparatively.

 

[peachpuff]

First we need 10gbps ports in mobos/switches and routers at decent prices.

 

[kanewolf]

That will be 9.9Gb unused 99% of the time for most people.

 

[Friesiansam]

10 Gigabit Internet Is Coming Within a Decade

From my point of view, as an Englishman living in a rural part of South-West England, that supposition is hilarious.

 

[kanewolf]

Dorms, hotels, potentially apartment buildings, will benefit. Single family homes? Not so much, IMO.

 

[bigdragon]

I'm all for faster internet. Waiting for something to sync is painful.

However, why are the ISPs still sending SD TV over their networks? Likewise, why are low-priced internet tiers still so slow? Seems like the ISPs are only willing to move technology forward when customers pay for the service and taxpayers pay for the infrastructure.

 

[Makaveli]

I'm all for faster internet. Waiting for something to sync is painful.

However, why are the ISPs still sending SD TV over their networks? Likewise, why are low-priced internet tiers still so slow? Seems like the ISPs are only willing to move technology forward when customers pay for the service and taxpayers pay for the infrastructure.

Cable companies are happy to keep milking the old coaxial infrastructure instead of investing in fiber like they should have 20 years ago.

 

[gargoylenest]

Cable companies are happy to keep milking the old coaxial infrastructure instead of investing in fiber like they should have 20 years ago.

why would they invest to give you better quality if you are still paying premium for their old crappy tech? Only way to make them move is to leave, then they have to adapt and offer something better.

 

[Makaveli]

why would they invest to give you better quality if you are still paying premium for their old crappy tech? Only way to make them move is to leave, then they have to adapt and offer something better.

Which I did I left cable internet for fiber in 2018.

 

[King_V]

why would they invest to give you better quality if you are still paying premium for their old crappy tech? Only way to make them move is to leave, then they have to adapt and offer something better.

This assumes that your cable provider is NOT the only game in town.

In my case, I can play Verizon FiOS and Comcast Xfinity against each other.

But a lot of people are stuck with only a single provider. The competitors typically try to avoid each others' territory, though, obviously, there have been exceptions.

 

[spongiemaster]

why would they invest to give you better quality if you are still paying premium for their old crappy tech? Only way to make them move is to leave, then they have to adapt and offer something better.

People have been leaving cable TV in droves for years and it hasn't really motivated the cable companies to do anything different. As King_V mentioned, often there is only one high speed internet company in an area, so you don't really have a choice.

 

[kanewolf]

People have been leaving cable TV in droves for years and it hasn't really motivated the cable companies to do anything different. As King_V mentioned, often there is only one high speed internet company in an area, so you don't really have a choice.

5G ultra wide band and Starlink are providing options even in areas with only a single wired provider. Direct microwave in metropolitan areas also can provide competition.

 

[CrownedClownBG]

First we need 10gbps ports in mobos/switches and routers at decent prices.

I agree. Where I live(Bulgaria) we already have 10Gbit for $60 offers for quite a while, but not much point when as you mentioned there are other limiting factors and to be honest the vast majority of users can't even utilize 500Mbps speed to it's max potention let alone such speeds.

 

[spongiemaster]

5G ultra wide band and Starlink are providing options even in areas with only a single wired provider. Direct microwave in metropolitan areas also can provide competition.

Any wireless system comes with its own set of problems. Starlink is still in limited release beta testing and is not a realistic alternative to established providers. Even if it was available to me, it isn't price competitive with the Spectrum cable service I currently have so it wouldn't likely force Spectrum to change anything.

 

[kanewolf]

Any wireless system comes with its own set of problems. Starlink is still in limited release beta testing and is not a realistic alternative to established providers. Even if it was available to me, it isn't price competitive with the Spectrum cable service I currently have so it wouldn't likely force Spectrum to change anything.

No, but those technologies can force DSL only areas to upgrade. It is really a question of what the competition is. Coax infrastructure that can provide 400+ Mbit service, is not currently challenged by Starlink. But UWB 5G is a competitor.

 

[jkflipflop98]

I mean, I get over a gigabit right now over my cable modem. 10 years out for a 10x increase in speed doesn't seem that crazy to me. I remember going from a 400 baud with handset cups to a hardwired 14.4 setup and thinking that nothing could ever be faster than that.

 

[TheOtherOne]

Comcast: "Ok, we'll give you a whole TWENTY Mbps upload then."

That's not even the worst part, it comes later in fine print when you realize your Internet traffic quote is only 80GB/Month and they count both Downloads AND Uploads in that quote. Once you go over it, you will be charged a very minimal fee of ONLY 99 cents/10000KB 🤣

 

[ttkciar]

"Within a decade"? Sonic Telecom in California has been offering residential 10Ge for some months already, so "within a decade" seems like a safe bet ;-)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1514369682861481984

View: https://twitter.com/ilyasu/status/1514369682861481984
-- speed test screenshot of residential 10Ge customer