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07 Jul 2023

Comcast starts low latency DOCSIS trials

Comcast has embarked on the industry’s first low latency DOCSIS (LLD) field trials, working in partnership with Apple, NVIDIA and Valve. According to Comcast, this emerging technology, which it is planning to make available to customers by the end of 2023, is a key component of the Xfinity 10G Network that has the potential to transform the performance of interactive applications and create a foundation for new consumer use cases that have yet to be imagined. It adds that LLD is a CableLabs technology standard that implements the Internet Engineering Task Force’s (IETF) Low Latency Low Loss Scalable Throughput (L4S) open standards. The L4S standards specify how network links, such as in an internet gateway, can implement a new data [...]

07 Jun 2023

VodafoneZiggo runs first DOCSIS 4.0

Dutch cabler VodafoneZiggo has become the first company in the world to conduct a DOCSIS 4.0 test over a live network. The operator says it’s expecting network capacity to grow significantly over the next few years. “We consistently continue to invest in our networks in order to continue providing the best customer experience on both the mobile and fixed networks. VodafoneZiggo’s fibre-optic cable network is future-proof anyway,” says Eben Albertyn, Executive Director Technology, VodafoneZiggo. At the end of 2022, VodafoneZiggo was the first provider to complete the immense task of being able to offer 1 Gbit/s internet nationwide. “Customers increasingly want more reliable internet; they want to be connected to multiple devices at the same time, at home and on [...]