GNG News Guy
01-07-2008, 12:01 PM
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Cisco, who purchased Scientific Atlanta back in 2005 (http://www.thegng.org/shownews/69621) for $6.9 billion, will be ditching the SA logo for their new set tops, and pushing the Cisco brand harder on the consumer front. The company unveiled their new set-top cable boxes (the 8500HDC DVR series (http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2008/prod_010708c.html?POSITION=CESPressKitLink8&COUNTRY_SITE=us&CAMPAIGN=CES2008&CREATIVE=The+Cisco+8550HDC+DVR+Set%2DTop+Series&REFERRING_SITE=NewsatCiscoPressKit)), their new channel bonding 100Mbps capable cable modem (the the DPC3000 (http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2008/prod_010708.html?POSITION=CESPressKitLink6&COUNTRY_SITE=us&CAMPAIGN=CES2008&CREATIVE=The+Cisco+%28DRG2800%29+IP+services+gatew ay&REFERRING_SITE=NewsatCiscoPressKit)) and their new home gateway (the DRG2800 (http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2008/prod_010708e.html?POSITION=CESPressKitLink10&COUNTRY_SITE=us&CAMPAIGN=CES2008&CREATIVE=Scientific+Atlanta+and+Cisco+Take+Consume rs+Beyond+Connectivity+to+Visual+Networking+with+N ext%2DGener&REFERRING_SITE=NewsatCiscoPressKit)). Says Cisco of the new modem:The Cisco DOCSIS 3.0 Channel Bonded Cable Modem is designed to meet the CableLabs Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications (DOCSIS) 3.0 specifications, which feature support of four bonded downstream channels and four bonded upstream channels. It is designed to be backward-compatible for use as a single-channel cable modem with DOCSIS and Euro-DOCSIS 1.1/1.0 and 2.0 networks.
While the DPC3000 should be firmware upgradeable to DOCSIS 3.0 compliance, it has not yet been certified by CableLabs, who has yet to certify any DOCSIS 3.0 gear. Cable operators in some countries (just not here) have started deploying channel bonding gear in order to offer customers broadband speeds in excess of 100Mbps. Upstream speeds remain slow (http://www.starhub.com/portal/site/Online/menuitem.935dac8c897c3fb7eaaf3b608324a5a0/?vgnextoid=333928043c6ef010VgnVCM100000464114acRCR D) for these deployments, given upstream channel bonding is still in the oven.
Cisco, who purchased Scientific Atlanta back in 2005 (http://www.thegng.org/shownews/69621) for $6.9 billion, will be ditching the SA logo for their new set tops, and pushing the Cisco brand harder on the consumer front. The company unveiled their new set-top cable boxes (the 8500HDC DVR series (http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2008/prod_010708c.html?POSITION=CESPressKitLink8&COUNTRY_SITE=us&CAMPAIGN=CES2008&CREATIVE=The+Cisco+8550HDC+DVR+Set%2DTop+Series&REFERRING_SITE=NewsatCiscoPressKit)), their new channel bonding 100Mbps capable cable modem (the the DPC3000 (http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2008/prod_010708.html?POSITION=CESPressKitLink6&COUNTRY_SITE=us&CAMPAIGN=CES2008&CREATIVE=The+Cisco+%28DRG2800%29+IP+services+gatew ay&REFERRING_SITE=NewsatCiscoPressKit)) and their new home gateway (the DRG2800 (http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2008/prod_010708e.html?POSITION=CESPressKitLink10&COUNTRY_SITE=us&CAMPAIGN=CES2008&CREATIVE=Scientific+Atlanta+and+Cisco+Take+Consume rs+Beyond+Connectivity+to+Visual+Networking+with+N ext%2DGener&REFERRING_SITE=NewsatCiscoPressKit)). Says Cisco of the new modem:The Cisco DOCSIS 3.0 Channel Bonded Cable Modem is designed to meet the CableLabs Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications (DOCSIS) 3.0 specifications, which feature support of four bonded downstream channels and four bonded upstream channels. It is designed to be backward-compatible for use as a single-channel cable modem with DOCSIS and Euro-DOCSIS 1.1/1.0 and 2.0 networks.
While the DPC3000 should be firmware upgradeable to DOCSIS 3.0 compliance, it has not yet been certified by CableLabs, who has yet to certify any DOCSIS 3.0 gear. Cable operators in some countries (just not here) have started deploying channel bonding gear in order to offer customers broadband speeds in excess of 100Mbps. Upstream speeds remain slow (http://www.starhub.com/portal/site/Online/menuitem.935dac8c897c3fb7eaaf3b608324a5a0/?vgnextoid=333928043c6ef010VgnVCM100000464114acRCR D) for these deployments, given upstream channel bonding is still in the oven.