How fast can cable internet be

[Galdorf]

With the right modem, and under ideal circumstances, the technology is capable of delivering Internet speeds up to 10 Gigabits-per-second.Google Fibre offers connection speeds starting at 1 Gigabit per second.
This is with current technology the question is when will it happen problem is nobody wants to spend money on upgrading infrastructure that we have now.
I would really like faster internet but the cost is insane here $350 for highest speed fiber 100Mbps and that was put in 2 years ago does not seem fast for fibre most people complain current speeds are not fast enough for 4k streaming.

 

[OaksLabs]

The catch with this are the short distances required from the ISP transmitting equipment. The super fast speeds over copper have been all theoretical lab testing from what I've seen, and they require you to be within 300ft of the transmitter or closer.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

It sure is climbing up fast though...around here you can get 300 down/20 up...or maybe it's 50 up. Heck...even just 20 up...that's faster upstream than DSL download stream and many fiber bundle download speeds.

Look at what averages were 5 years ago....10 years ago...15 years ago.

 

[NETWizz]

With the right modem, and under ideal circumstances, the technology is capable of delivering Internet speeds up to 10 Gigabits-per-second.Google Fibre offers connection speeds starting at 1 Gigabit per second.
This is with current technology the question is when will it happen problem is nobody wants to spend money on upgrading infrastructure that we have now.
I would really like faster internet but the cost is insane here $350 for highest speed fiber 100Mbps and that was put in 2 years ago does not seem fast for fibre most people complain current speeds are not fast enough for 4k streaming.

If you think that is insane, you have no idea. We are paying just over $1,400 a month for 2 Mbps at work.

 

[HCHTech]

We are paying just over $1,400 a month for 2 Mbps at work.

Whoa! I remember those kind of prices back in the T1 days. I know Comcast & FIOS are both holding back to save capacity for the next speed war. I guess it's a first-world problem. I'm getting 105 or 120 down, something like that, 12 up, for just under $100/mo - I'm definitely not complaining. I'm old enough to have spent a lot of years in the dialup world, even used those telephone cup modems back in the day. Man that was torture - and we thought it was amazing at the time.

I read an article recently about how slow the US average is compared to the rest of the developed countries in the world....

 

[NETWizz]

Well we are using AT&T's AVPN, which supports 1000 Mbps, and that IS what is being delivered to each of our buildings.

That said, they are holding back a lot. One of our sites, we have 150 Mbps, and I don't have the pricing, but it is well over $20,000/month.


Only AT&T can hold back so much... and get away with it. I don't know how the old business model is still working.

 

[cypress]

I get 60 MB down, and 10 up. My other account got a courtesy upgrade so to speak up to 90 MB from Comcast.

 

[mr m]

Comcast just raised my speeds to 150/12 Mbps.

Anyone miss 28,000 bps? I remember getting giddy when my buddy at the phone company shortened my run to the CO and I got 49,000 bps.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Anyone miss 28,000 bps? I remember getting giddy when my buddy at the phone company shortened my run to the CO and I got 49,000 bps.

Drove my first wife crazy late at night, or into the wee hours of the morning...with the modem handshake noises while I was playing Quake 1 online. And when I'd curse out loud during disconnects in the middle of a battle!

 

[Moltuae]

Comcast just raised my speeds to 150/12 Mbps.

Anyone miss 28,000 bps? I remember getting giddy when my buddy at the phone company shortened my run to the CO and I got 49,000 bps.

I can remember rushing home eagerly with my newly purchased 56K US Robotics modem. Couldn't believe how fast it was.

Now I have about 80/20 Mbps and I still want more!

 

[Markverhyden]

Comcast just raised my speeds to 150/12 Mbps.

Anyone miss 28,000 bps? I remember getting giddy when my buddy at the phone company shortened my run to the CO and I got 49,000 bps.

28000? I used 300 with a VT100 to connect to my MicroVax which I managed. And that was when a MicroVAX was about the size of a couple of two drawer filing cabinets sitting next to each other.

One thing I did notice back in the dial up days. When I dialed into The World my connection speeds with a Linux box was almost double that of a Windows box.

 

[MichaelBits]

Had a 14.4k modem in my first PC. Managed to upgrade it to 56k when it came out... think I had the US robotics one as well.

What really sucked for me....
The city I had to dial to get into a BBS or any internet connection was long distance at the time (I started with BBS before the internet of course ;P ). Was so happy when they made it a local call several years later... of course that's about when broadband started coming out I switched anyways.

Have 100 down 20 up nowadays. Think I can get 150 for a max around here (on cable).

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

I can remember rushing home eagerly with my newly purchased 56K US Robotics modem. Couldn't believe how fast it was.

Now I have about 80/20 Mbps and I still want more!

yeah, them external 5686 models or whatever...freaking rocked! Loved that upgrade when they came out.

And some of the better ISPs had different #'s to call depending on which type of modem you had...X2 or KFlex.

Then when I was a reseller of one higher performance ISP, I had free accounts and access to their ...oh what was it called, when you could multi-link in..with the newer DUN upgrade you could install in Windows 95b...to allow multiple modems to dial out! I had a 33.6 internal and my external 56k and I'd connect with both of them...usually netting 60-70 speeds.

 

[mr m]

28000? I used 300 with a VT100 to connect to my MicroVax which I managed. And that was when a MicroVAX was about the size of a couple of two drawer filing cabinets sitting next to each other.
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I remember 50 & 110 BAUD!

I worked in manufacturing and field service for DEC for almost 20 years.

 

[Poetik92]

Speedtest shows I'm currently getting 177 Up and 12 Down here in Maryland with Comcast, includes a low tier package of cable channels for free.
Paying $50 a month and I'm pretty sure I've got the best speeds in town.

 

[Markverhyden]

I remember 50 & 110 BAUD!

I worked in manufacturing and field service for DEC for almost 20 years.

Yep. Back when I worked at Schlumberger, 1980's, they were a huge DEC house. IBM was for the bean counters.

 

[jzukerman]

FWIW, Google Fiber != cable internet. It's pure fiber from their node/hub to the end user premises.
Cable internet, also known as hybrid fiber coax service, has coax lines running from the fiber node over hardline through amps, down coax cable to the end user premises.

 

[ohio_grad_06]

My Charter at home is rated at 100mb down, probably 10 up. At home though I run everything through my wifi router though, a little netgear N300 that's about 3 years old now. Unfortunately on wifi I only pull 20-30mb, sometimes up to 40 or 50 though. So might be time to replace the router. Plugged directly into the modem when they first installed and was getting 88. But it's the slowest package they offer. They are sending another guy on saturday to put in TV to replace my dish network. Supposed to run around 100 a month with taxes for the first year for basic cable, which still has history channel, hallmark etc. Does not sound too bad to me especially since we have netflix and can stream anything else we may need/want.

 

[HCHTech]

oh what was it called, when you could multi-link in..

Banding? Bonding? Something like that.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Banding? Bonding? Something like that.

MultiLink I think was one approach, "Shotgun" was a common term, "Colt" was another protocol I think. I also remember, before DSL and Cable were coming out...we used to setup small offices with dial up routers. 3COM made one, Nexland made some, WebRamp was another name I recall....it was basically a router quite similar to a Linksys or Netgear broadband router in how they worked...LAN IP at 192.168.1.1 by default, web admin interface, and serial ports on the back (or built in modems)...1 or 2 or 3 modems you could connect...configure the DUN entries..and away it went.