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Next-Gen Broadband Primer

Posted by Zonk on from the faster-and-faster dept.

Aaron writes "Broadband Reports has a good read on the real deal behind next generation broadband deployments. In four years: half all Verizon DSL users should have fiber, half of all SBC subscribers should have 10-20Mbps DSL, and one tenth of all BellSouth customers should have 50Mbps DSL. At the same time cable companies should begin deploying DOCSIS 3.0 technology in 2006, eventually bringing 100Mbps speeds to end users."

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  1. Buy Stock! by MandoSKippy · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess it really is time buy stock in the adult entertainment industry... mainly web sites ;)

  2. Qwest customers? by SuperKendall · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...half all Verizon DSL users should have fiber, half of all SBC subscribers should have 10-20Mbps DSL, and one tenth of all BellSouth customers should have 50Mbps DSL.

    And what will Qwest customers get?

    Why, they get the shaft!

    Qwests idea of fiber to the curb is to leave a bran muffin on your sidewalk every day for just $50 a month.

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  3. This just in... by nrlightfoot · · Score: 5, Funny

    And the cable companies will still only give you 32kb of upstream.

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  4. You? Rural? Ha! by HomerJayS · · Score: 2, Funny

    Be thankful that you even have DSL. Real rural Americans have no broadband options available at all. To us, hopping in the car, going into work, downloading to CD/Flash, and driving back home is the closest we get to broadband.

  5. Interesting trend by one9nine · · Score: 3, Funny

    In four years: half all Verizon DSL users should have fiber

    It seems high speed internet is causing a sharp increase in incontinence.