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lonegunman · 08-06-2007, 13:07

It is a (un-) well kept secret that VM are currently looking at their HFC plant and UBR's to see if it can support the DOCSIS upgrades required for 50-100mb to the home. IMO It's only a matter of time before they role out new CMTS's in areas that can cope.

As soon as they can suport DOCSIS 2/3+ then we will be loking at real progress in the home with possible IP STB's on the cards (ahem: I would imagine)

From what I can see most suppliers are years behind what they are doing at VM.

BTW: The 40Gig T640/Matrix core is already in place. It's been in a while now. Nearly 2 years?? I think it's just a case of migrating certain ex-TW areas over to it.

08-06-2007, 13:07	#22
lonegunman Inactive Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 12	Re: Virgin upgrading IP backbone network It is a (un-) well kept secret that VM are currently looking at their HFC plant and UBR's to see if it can support the DOCSIS upgrades required for 50-100mb to the home. IMO It's only a matter of time before they role out new CMTS's in areas that can cope. As soon as they can suport DOCSIS 2/3+ then we will be loking at real progress in the home with possible IP STB's on the cards (ahem: I would imagine) From what I can see most suppliers are years behind what they are doing at VM. BTW: The 40Gig T640/Matrix core is already in place. It's been in a while now. Nearly 2 years?? I think it's just a case of migrating certain ex-TW areas over to it.