Most of subscription TV services around the world still uses coaxial cables – these white and thick – to travel their services. For those who sign the most internet TV package, the broadband signal also comes there through the same coaxial cable. In times of faster connections, coaxial cables were near their maximum speed limit. Were.
Who does not dream of a more robust connection? Those that deliver more than 500 megabits per second? So far, the realization of this dream requires your carrier carry a fiber optic cable up inside your home. But now a new technology promises to tinker a bit with this story and who knows, let the dream of a super closest connection.
The technology in question is called DOCSIS, short for Interface Data Traffic Services Specification Cable. The technology was developed by a non-profit agency of the United States; Cable Lab.
The DOCSIS technology arrived in 1998. It was from her that pay-TV operators could also start delivering internet signal by coaxial cable. Now, this technology has reached its version 3.1. In practice, this means that pay-TV operators will be able to offer high speeds connections, using the same cable that is already home. This is essential for you to watch movies in 4K, for example. The same goes for video conferencing in high definition and even the most complex and heavy games.
Experts define DOCSIS 3.1 as a real revolution for cable operators. In the United States, Comcast, the world’s largest media group, with almost 50 million customers, is one of the first in the world to offer new technology to compete with fiber optic services.
Really today, it is hard to imagine what they are 10 gigabits per second connection. Today, with 500 megabits per second, for example, you can download an HD movie in about 15 seconds. With a gigabit per second, you would do the same in half the time. Now try to imagine it 10 times faster …
There are reports that two major cable operators in Brazil are ready to work with DOCSIS 3.1. Lack they qualify the technology and, of course, change the modem users. That’s all they need to do to offer more speed to customers. That is, there is the cost of running new cables or new networks. This is, for us, the users, the big balcony: with the survival of the coaxial cable, we can see increasing competition. The dream remains the same: get better services at lower prices. In the United States, the first services with the new technology are still a bit expensive – even by the standards there: cost $ 300 per month … better not imagine how much it would cost here; but, as is usual in the world of technology, time plays in our favor and should make these prices fall. At least that’s what we expected …
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