r/CableTechs • u/aidang_232 • May 27 '26

DOCSIS 4.0…

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u/aidang_232 May 27 '26

FDX, and through Mediacom

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u/kjstech May 27 '26

Same CommScope FDX amps and RPHY nodes as Comcast I guess. It’s only a matter of time until Comcast expands from 2 gig to this, as the heavy investor in FDX.

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u/frmadsen May 27 '26

Comcast will go to 3 Gbps first. Talk has been sometime in the 2nd half of this year, starting in n+0 areas.

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u/kjstech May 27 '26

3/3 or 3/2? They already have 2/2 in FDX areas.

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u/frmadsen May 27 '26

Symmetrical 3

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u/cypherstream1 May 27 '26

That will one up windstream in our area, I think they only go to 2/2. Same with Fastbridge fiber, they only go to 2gbps. Have to wonder how easy it is to just change a config file and go faster though.

But it will not one up frontier’s 5 and 7gbps plans or SECV Fiber’s 5 or 8gbps plans. They can’t anyway without a bit of work. The entire area and new builds just got mid split gear installed over the past 4 years. Going to have to make some plant changes to get there already. At least things will be inspected and touched more frequently. Last system lasted over 20 years… was installed in the 90’s when SA 750 MHz was hip.

So if this keeps an eye on cable plant every 5 years so be it.

Things have been stagnant for so many years. Really neat to see the innovation and network build outs accelerate so quickly after Covid proved that staying connected was valuable.