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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
Still nice to laugh at people who bragged about the Superhub being "futureproof", here we are with the previous-gen modem still supporting the fastest speed available on the network and the Superhub 2's already here (and no more futureproof than the last)
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Just because older modems are still running on the network and because there's been a successor released doesn't make the Superhub any less "future proof". It supports enough downstream and upstream channels to be usable for many years to come and most likely we won't see that change until DOCSIS 3.1 devices start rolling out. Even then, it'll still be usable as a modem.
There's still people out there today on Ambit 120's (probably connected via USB) and probably even the odd terayon assuming it hasn't burned their house down yet.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the SH didn't need replacing, the SH2 is a welcome and much needed upgrade but only due to the wireless side of things, as a modem the Superhub is just as "future proof" as the SH2. No doubt the SH2 will be replaced soon enough as well, either with wireless-ac or DOCSIS3.1 onboard (or both).