In light of Internet2’s recommendation of 100 Mbps broadband service as a regulation-free solution to the net neutrality debate, this interesting item came over the transom this morning: UK cable operator NTL is about to begin field trials of 100 Mbps high-speed service over cable modems.
Using technology provided by U.S. tech supplier Arris Interactive, NTL just completed a successful lab trial of the super-pumped service and plans to kick off field trials in March. Although cable operators sometimes contend they don’t know what consumers would do with that much bandwidth, Arris and NTL offered some examples in the press release.
These services include the ultra fast downloads of large media files; security services including closed circuit television; inexpensive video conferencing; internet-based gaming; and the multicast streaming of multiple high definition television channels.
Cynthia Brumfield at 9:06 AM|Comments(0)
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