The cable industry is almost ready to certify DOCSIS 2.0 (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification). The new specification, which uses A-TDMA and S-CDMA technology, promises to increase cable modem bandwidth by as much as 300%, particularly upstream bandwidth. Unfortunately, the hardware to support it is a year away.
This will increase upstream bandwidth by up to 300%, while currently most cable providers already limit your upstream bandwidth to much under the maximum it’s capable of doing.
In this article, I saw nothing about a downstream increase in speed. And with the technology being years away, what’s the point?
Great! But will ISPs triple the cost to.