[Pierre]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

I think there's some confusion here.

Pierre wasn't saying that VM will deliver 10Gb via DOCSIS 3.1 this year or next. He was I believe saying that VM will be delivering 300Mb via DOCSIS 3, which they will, and that they are working towards 3.1, which they are.

The network is certainly going to have work done on it, however this work will not be anywhere near as extensive as an FTTP overlay, it will be closer in cost per premises passed to BT's FTTC build as it will entail conversion to an FTTLA HFC architecture.

Shorter term the main plan will be upgrading the network so that return is split at 85MHz or higher and downstream is at 1GHz which along with further resegmentation will push fibre deeper into the access network anyway. Between those, CMTS, and CPE upgrades delivering 1Gb/100Mb via HFC using nothing more than DOCSIS 3 becomes a possibility.

DOCSIS 3.1-capable kit is there right now with more being deployed.

Ta,

I was just about to type out a reply to clarify where I was coming from.