Dutch ISP Demos Symmetric 100Mbps DOCSIS3

Posted by timothy on Tuesday November 9, 2010 @08:26PM from the why-in-my-day dept.

Mark.JUK writes "CAI Harderwijk, a DOCSIS 3.0 based Cable Modem operator in the Netherlands, has apparently managed to achieve a world first by demonstrating symmetric broadband internet access speeds of 100Mbps. The tiny Dutch operator is home to just over 16000 customers and was already planning a switch onto Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) technology, although this may now be delayed. The test itself is important because cable operators are still, perhaps unfairly, seen by some as being inferior to fully fibre optic-based broadband services. In reality, cable operators are, for the most part, continuing to keep pace."

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Elementary by drmofe · 2010-11-09 20:33 · Score: 2, Funny

Carbon-based life-forms using silicon-based computing systems with copper-based communication lines. We need to break these bonds.
1. Re:Elementary by Anonymous Coward · 2010-11-09 21:49 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Indeed, I want to be silicon based and use carbon-based communication.
In other news by rshxd · 2010-11-09 20:41 · Score: 1, Funny

Torrent trackers have popped up all over the Netherlands from home 100Mbps users
Re:8 days to download movies by fnj · 2010-11-10 02:50 · Score: 2, Funny

Anything less than 10GB for a movie looks like CRAP.