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Originally Posted by Toto
Standardisation of technology with the DOCSIS 3.1 model is certainly a benefit, however it will be market forces determining what speeds will be available across the EU footprint. As has been said before, there is little value in providing the maximum amount of available bandwidth across the entire footprint - better to roll it out in stages depending on the local country competition.
For example: VM (UK) have now started to roll out an up to 200Mbps service. Should BT suddenly wake up and try and follow in a couple of years time, VM, along with it's roll out of the 3.1 standard could simply raise the bar a little bit higher. Better that than showing its cards too soon.
3.1 could effectively rationalise customer equipment right across the LG footprint, and who knows, we may even move from Tivo to the LG equivalent, Horizon - a far superior box both in build and software as can be seen by what's being offered by VM Ireland.
In the spirit of this thread, yes, welcome Ireland  |
I don't think it's a case of "showing their cards too soon", the technology roadmap on both sides is fairly well known at this point. We know how far away G.fast can potentially be and we know roughly what the 3.1 rollout is going to look like, any technologies beyond those are at least 5+ years away and applies beyond just the UK.
However, it makes a lot of sense for LG to standardise more than just the equipment they use, but things like deployment configurations and that kind of deal as it makes support and maintenance much simpler (and thus cheaper).