No such thing as DOCSIS 3.1 yet. Some testing of prototype kit that uses some parts of what will be the standard but there's no pre-certification equipment yet as the standard isn't there yet and nor are the descriptions of the final technologies to be used.

We had pre-AC wifi kit and pre-DOCSIS 3.0 hardware, 3.1 isn't there yet, still a little way away from pre-standard hardware being ready.

The technology being used is promising though.

EDIT: The 4.5Gb you saw wasn't DOCSIS 3.1. It was loads of DOCSIS 3 modems in turn bonded together in a similar manner to how you'd use a dual-WAN router at home just on a bigger scale. DOCSIS 3.1 won't be in operator trials until 2014.

Edited by deleted (Tue 24-Sep-13 00:29:42)

In reply to a post by Ignitionnet:

The technology being used is promising though.

Show this to Virgin Media management

http://www.multichannel.com/technology/cable-show-20...

I would suspect Liberty Global have some inkling.

Of course they won't, they buy all their network hardware from PC World and rely on their users to point out trials in other countries and of course they will have forgotten all about the 1.5 Gbps trial they ran at a glitzy event in Shoreditch

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

...they will have forgotten all about the 1.5 Gbps trial they ran at a glitzy event in Shoreditch

That trial was odd. It wasn't actually testing anything new. The 1.5Gbps was achieved again using mutiple modems bonded together, a completely impractical solution. It was using 2 x 16 channel downstream, 4 channel upstream modems.

Given Virgin are only bonding 2 upstreams so far on their production network and their latest and greatest CPE bonds 8 downstreams the idea of bonding at least 2 lots of 3 upstream and 2 x 16 down as this trial was are farfetched, however as it used some of the VM network, albeit a ridiculously upgraded and resegmented section, it passed as a trial on production network.

This has also of course also been superceded by some headcases using 5 x 24 downstream modems to bond 128 DOCSIS 3 channels since. Nice PR but means absolutely nothing for real products. 10GPON is a product, using however many modems bonded together by expensive hardware / software and removing all TV from a specially upgraded cable network to deliver data is not.

Edited by deleted (Tue 24-Sep-13 11:04:37)

Have the same package and I have the same problem. Complete nightmare. Support is unresponsive and incompetent. I am looking for a new provider as VM i really not up to the job.

Probably from that, apart from a flashy event in Shoreditch, in VM world DOCSIS 3 maxes out at 400Mb down and 38Mb up for right now.

I read that many areas have three upstream frequencies - do you know why are VM only bonding 2 of them - I assume the Superhub could cope with more than 2.