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| No more of this, hopefully. |
Can it be? According to this article over on
Ars Technica, it appears Cox Communications is going to be rolling out Gigabit service capabilities to all it's residential customers! Fiber speeds, people.
HOWEVER, there are some serious caveats. First of all, it's likely to be very expensive, at least in the beginning; some commenters suggesting around $300 a month, although I have no idea one way or the other.
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| This is from a Google fiber speed test, and it fills me with envy-based hate, but hopefully we'll be closer. |
The other thing is, and this is less of an issue, we're not talking multi-gigabit speeds, only gigabit speeds. Still, that's fiber-level, and it's all we can have anyway since the
DOCSIS specifications - protocols (remember those?) for sending data over pre-existing coaxial (remember that?) cable infrastructure - don't allow for multi-gigabit data transmission with current consumer-level cable hardware such as cable modems. That type of hardware is only compatible with DOCSIS 3.0 which allows for gigabit speed, but it would need to support DOCSIS 3.1 to support multi-gigabit speed. But we don't need that now anyway. Let's not get greedy!
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| This is what I expect now, only without the tie. |
Still, the fact they anticipate it will be available to all their customers in all their markets by the end of the year is an incredible start; I wasn't aware of this plan and it seemed to come out of nowhere. I fully support it and hope that the full rollout will eventually drive the cost down and the availability of compatible hardware up.
I sure hope so. I'm tired of 25 Mbps. I need faster speeds so I can enjoy my StarCraft II games better, it's almost impossible for me to join some games from South Korea hosts because their speeds are far faster than mine and the server kicks me out. never mind that I can finally get a model and router that support this kind of speed and I can offer everyone in my house faster Wi-Fi. Hard to support a PC, laptop, two tablets, two gaming consoles, three phones and my Chrome with just 25 Mbps service. Hope this makes the 100 Mbps service cheaper and that we can get the Gigabit speed faster sooner as well.
ReplyDeleteAnything would be better than what horrific CenturyLink puts out. I am constantly having struggles with them. Cox seems to be the local leading internet provider and this looks like it can only help. Although, it will take some time and be expensive at first, there is hope with fiber speeds. I like what Cesar said in the post before mine about how it might make faster services cheaper, like the 100 Mbps. It would be a lot faster that what I have now, and with the gigabyte speeds being introduced, it's likely to go down in price overtime. Or hopefully it would.
ReplyDeleteWow the estimate to have this type of service is very pricey pretty much the monthly payment of a car. I honestly prefer spending that money on a new car, fast is good but I do not mind my speeds. For right know our technology still can function just fine at the speeds that we have. I am sure in the future when the quality of the pictures and videos become more high def. then we will need these speeds but for right know I am sticking to paying 30$ a month.
ReplyDeleteIf it rolls out at $300 a month I would have to find a second job to just keep the service rolling. I probably wouldn't even get it unless I was living with my friends splitting the cost of it since we play too much games than we normally should. I would honestly use the money though towards paying my credit card bills though.
ReplyDeleteConsidering Cox and Century Link are really the only companies in town that offer internet services, it is kind of nice to know that they are doing this! Up until now I was thinking we were going to have to wait for Google to come to Vegas to start this! Although, even if Cox does start offering gigabit speed, once Google comes into town I'm making a switch and never looking back!
ReplyDeleteOh wow that is a little too pricey for me and I'm just fine with the amount I pay at this time. I would rather save my money or spend it on something I actually need. The current speed I have is fine for me at this time and what I'm currently using it for.
ReplyDeleteGetting fiber speeds is great, but if it comes with a $300 monthly price tag I will pass. I already have Cox and I feel they are on the expensive side, faster and better speeds is always a great thing but not at that cost. Cox is the biggest provider out here, I might consider fiber if it was cheaper. I am sure once this rolls out there will be all kind of promotions and offers for fiber speed.
ReplyDeleteI did hear that fiber optics is finally here. Century-link came to my door the other day trying to sell it to me. It was way less than $300.00 though. Cox charging that amount seems like highway robbery.
ReplyDeleteWow this is definitely high speed Internet but at a high speed price. I think this is great that we are able to have access to these types of speeds at home. I do hope the cost go down though. Fiber is the way to go these days. My speed at home is slow, I couldn't imagine being able to stream without and delays.
ReplyDeleteI agree!! This would be a major enhancement to the system. Maybe this will bring in business opportunities to the Silver State that is desperately needed.
ReplyDeleteI have Cox cable, so I will be anxiously waiting for the news. I certainly hope the price will be a little more affordable than $300.00 per month. They will probably put it in a bundle to get a cheaper price. But the high speed service will be welcome. I already have a DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem so bring it on Cox!
ReplyDeleteAlthough I had no idea about what fiber speeds where until this class, I am very excited for this. I'm also tired of my 35 ms, I really need to let go of Century Link and jump on the Cox band wagon. I definitely will not be one of the first to join the fiber speeds because, as usual, I am always last to jump on the band wagons and I refuse to pay that much for high speed internet. However, it will be very interesting when this comes out and to see our people will react. I predict it will create stronger technology addictions.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. I am also one of the last people to jump on the band wagon with certain things, especially technology. Although I won't be jumping on any band wagon unless they lower the price dramatically.
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