Dutch ISP Demos Symmetric 100Mbps DOCSIS3

Mark.JUK writes "CAI Harderwijk, a DOCSIS 3.0 based Cable Modem operator in the Netherlands, has apparently managed to achieve a world first by demonstrating symmetric broadband internet access speeds of 100Mbps. The tiny Dutch operator is home to just over 16000 customers and was already planning a switch onto Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) technology, although this may now be delayed. The test itself is important because cable operators are still, perhaps unfairly, seen by some as being inferior to fully fibre optic-based broadband services. In reality, cable operators are, for the most part, continuing to keep pace."

Elementary

[drmofe]

Carbon-based life-forms using silicon-based computing systems with copper-based communication lines. We need to break these bonds.

In other news

[rshxd]

Torrent trackers have popped up all over the Netherlands from home 100Mbps users

Re:Elementary

[Anonymous Coward]

Indeed, I want to be silicon based and use carbon-based communication.

Re:8 days to download movies

[fnj]

Anything less than 10GB for a movie looks like CRAP.