ARRIS (the company designing and selling the cable modems formerly under the Motorola name) introduced its flagship DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem available for retail sale from their website and Amazon.com. The cable modem brings the DOCSIS 3.1 standard to market, which means you can enjoy the higher speeds of cable Internet (if your ISP provides it) and not have to pay the modem … [Read more...]
CableLabs talks symmetric cable speeds in DOCSIS 3.1
CableLabs unveiled a new project to extend DOCSIS 3.1 technology to make cable bandwidth symmetrical. Common today, your Internet connection speed from your cable provider might allow anywhere from 3 to 100 Mbps, or even gigabit with DOCSIS 3.1 download but only 1 to 5 Mbps upload. This video from CableLabs explains that they are working on symmetrical connections to allow the … [Read more...]