Cox breaks return cable upload record with Motorola’s help, subscribers still waiting for their cable guy

There’s a somewhat narrow category here, but Cox Communications just set a benchmark for bandwidth on its Las Vegas network thanks to an RX48 DOCSIS 3.0 receiver from Motorola. That rate is 356Mbps on a 5 – 85MHz return path, which correlates to upstream performance on a cable modem. The company says the tests “demonstrate that Cox’s HFC networks are much more future proof than many have believed” and that they “have the capability to support much higher data speeds than today without the need to replace any of the amplifiers, taps or cables.” That will naturally leave Cox subscribers with just one question: how long until my uploads are that fast? Continue reading Cox breaks return cable upload record with Motorola’s help, subscribers still waiting for their cable guy Cox breaks return cable upload record with Motorola’s help, subscribers still waiting for their cable guy originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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