DOCSIS 3.1 gigabit class modem goes online in Philadelphia

I hate to be negative about progress but I wish companies would stop deploying DOCSIS and other time division multiple access strategies like that. Because DOCSIS is TDMA based its always going to have a problem with latency jitter and performance consistency and yet cable companies like to pretend it's the same as active Ethernet. Comparing 1gbit cable to 1gbit Ethernet is like comparing a dslr and a smartphone based on their megapixels.

So now you can blast through your monthly bandwidth quota in mere minutes? :P

I&#x27;ve had Comcast &quot;Business Class&quot; service (50&#x2F;10, five statics, no caps or blocked ports) for almost five years now, after I had to move my colo box home when the ISP it was hosted at changed owners (lost a sweet discount I was getting as an ex-employee&#x2F;consultant).<p>As someone who spent years in the ISP industry (at multiple companies) and does sysadmin&#x2F;networking for a living, I <i>never</i> thought I would say &quot;I&#x27;m happy with Comcast&quot; - but I do.<p>Then again, I pay $150&#x2F;month, quite a bit more than their normal customers... but every time I&#x27;ve had any sort of issue (usually on their end) it&#x27;s been resolved rather quickly, without having to jump through hoops or go through scripts. I was told that the Business Class techs here in Houston are the former 3rd-tier techs for Time Warner.<p>It was nice, for example, when I called in to get some reverse DNS done for my static IPs, to be talking directly to the guy who was typing them in as I spoke to him.<p>At one point about six months after I got everything set up, I wasn&#x27;t getting the full upstream that I paid for - even to Comcast&#x27;s own internal systems (which eliminates the &quot;Internet congestion&quot; factor). After a couple of phone calls, I woke up on a Saturday to a knock on my door. Three techs, two supervisors. &quot;We&#x27;re not leaving until this is fixed, and we brought a completely unlocked modem to see just what your line will handle..&quot;<p>They laughed and declined to &quot;accidentally&quot; leave that one for my account. :)

Numericable has been offering 800 Mbit cable in several cities in France for over a year now :-) Oh, and unmetered BTW :)

Has anyone experience DOCSIS services where you simply can not connect &#x2F; renew IP for a few hours, and then after some reseting and messing around you will finally get your IP again.<p>Another concern I had is how much more complexity DOCSIS 3.1 is adding. The chip to decode easily get overheat. While subsequent version of the chip controller and devices will improve, most cable provider will use the first generation for as long as possible.<p>Where is G.Fast? The DSL equivalent of DOCSIS 3.1?

ah, THAT explains why verizon finally rolled out fios to my section of philly in the last month or so.

So, if you want to buy your own (quality and&#x2F;or to avoid their &quot;shared&#x2F;public&quot; wifi&#x2F;phone functionality), what are the current recommendations for this speed level? For residential? For business class?<p>(Is it still the Motorola line?)

Wonder if they activated at the Comcast Building too. Looking forward to test it out next time.

The problem in the USA is these announcements are more geared to train consumers to accept prices to go up even further on every tier level.<p>However this announcement specifically says they don&#x27;t have to make any infrastructure changes so it will be hard for them to explain price increases.