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[Bowdon]

Nokia Demo Symmetric 10Gbps Broadband Tech for Cable Operators

Nokia Bell Labs claims to have delivered a “world first” by demonstrating a prototype of their new XG-CABLE technology, which can achieve full duplex speeds of 10Gbps upstream and downstream simultaneously on Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) cable operators like Virgin Media in the United Kingdom.

At present the existing Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS3 / EuroDOCSIS) standard for cable networks can deliver download speeds of several hundred Megabits per second, although upload speeds are often significantly slower. For example, Virgin Media’s current top speed via the technology is 300Mbps and its uploads are only 15Mbps (a rise to 30Mbps may be coming).

[niemand]

Don't get excited. This isn't happening any time soon.