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ITU Give Consent To New 40Gbps Fiber-to-the-Home Broadband Standard

Posted by timothy on from the not-yet-to-my-home dept.

Mark.JUK writes: The International Telecommunication Union has just granted first-stage approval ("consent") to two new ultrafast Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) optical broadband standards. The first (NG-PON2) will support Internet download speeds of 40Gbps (Gigabits per second) and on top of that the new XGS-PON aims to deliver a symmetric 10Gbps service (same upload and download rate). By comparison, the previous XG-PON standard only ensured an asymmetric speed of 10Gbps download and 2.5Gbps upload. Now all we need is computers, Internet services and Wi-Fi networks that can actually harness such performance in the first place.

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  1. too much speed by Moblaster · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nobody needs more than 640kbps.

    1. Re:too much speed by AmiMoJo · · Score: 2

      Gigabit broadband has been available for I think over a decade now in Japan. It's actually kinda old hat, I posted a story a while back about the discontinuation of ADSL meaning that gigabit fibre is all you can get for new installs now.

      The thing is, it's gigabit but shared between a number of households, say 3 or 4. If you are lucky you might get it all to yourself, but probably not. A 40GB pipe could offer more bandwidth per customer, and more customers per fibre which means cheaper installations.

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    2. Re:too much speed by Jason+Levine · · Score: 2

      You jest, but some congressmen have criticized the FCC for setting the definition of "Broadband Internet" at 25Mbps. These politicians (and the ISPs that paid for them) think we'd be just fine with 10 Mbps and they can't imagine any use where we'd need faster.

      (Personally, I'm stuck on 15Mbps Time Warner Cable and really wish the network faster and more reliable.)

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  2. Wrong. by sims+2 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    First we need ISPs to provide broadband service.

    We can't buy it if they won't sell it.

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    1. Re:Wrong. by Kiaser+Zohsay · · Score: 2

      Now all we need is computers, Internet services and Wi-Fi networks that can actually harness such performance in the first place.

      Now all we need is someone willing to run fiber to my house.

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    2. Re:Wrong. by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 2

      We can't buy it if they won't sell it.

      Oh, they'll sell it . . . folks will buy it . . .

      . . . but the ISPs won't deliver the speeds that they promise . . .

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  3. Goody gumdrops! by MachineShedFred · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Fantastic! Yet another high-speed standard that will be completely ignored by the telco oligopoly here in the US. At least Europe and Asia will benefit.

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  4. Re:40GBs split 16:1 or 32:1 should give each home by Bengie · · Score: 2

    WDP-PON is 40Gb split 32 ways with a dedicated 1.25Gb per end point
    XG-PON1 is 10Gb down 2.5Gb split 32 ways, non-dedicated but up to 10Gb per device
    XG-PON2 is 10Gb down and up split 32 ways, non-dedicated but up to 10Gb per device
    TWDM-PON is 80Gb down and up split 32 ways, non-dedicated but up to 10Gb per device
    NG-PON2 is similar to TWDM-PON, but caps out at 40Gb for the current implementation. Where it really stands out is the standard should scale up to 25Tb/s with 100Gb per customer. This makes it desirable for a smooth upgrade path into the far future.

  5. Re:40GBs split 16:1 or 32:1 should give each home by Shatrat · · Score: 2

    TWDM-PON can actually split up to 128 ways. Most PON standards support at least 64. 32 way splits are just a conservative approach that many ISPs take. None of it really has much to do with how much bandwidth you can sell in practice. Most ISPs are going to hit backhaul and IP drain limitations long before they congest any of their PON access layer.

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  6. Re:40GBs split 16:1 or 32:1 should give each home by Shatrat · · Score: 2

    TWDM-PON only supports 128 way split. GPON only supports a 64 way split. Many ISPs are conservative and only do a 32 way split on GPON anyway just to give themselves more leeway for fiber defects.

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  7. FUCK!! by darkain · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fuck, I just got Gigabit FTTH last week... And now you're telling me it is already outdated and that I need to upgrade to 40gbps!?!? Well SHIT!