US telco claims 100 Mbps on copper

Don McKenzie · 2010-10-26T21:45:16+00:00

Oct 27, 2010 6:52 AM (1 hour ago)US telco claims 100 Mbps on copperSweating copper, chasing fibre.US telecommunications vendor Ikanos this week released NodeScale Vectoring whichit claimed could deliver broadband speeds of 100 Mbps over existing copper digital subscriber line (DSL) networks."Ikanos' NodeScale Vectoring technology will deliver the performance of fibre atone-tenth the cost of fibre-to-the-home," said John Quigley, CEO and president at Ikanos.The technology analysed interference between paired copper lines and created"compensation signals" that cancelled out noise, Ikanos explained.ZTE Corporation was demonstrating its first NodeScale equipped DSLAM this weekat the Broadband World Forum in Paris, France.Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) also trotted out its new "phantom" noise-cancellingDSL technology, which it claimed could deliver speeds 850 Mbps over 400 metres and 750 Mbps over 500 metres of "bondedcopper".Cheers Don...======================-- Don McKenzieSite Map: Contact Page: Camera Page: More Damn Spam: USB Isolator 1000VDC For Protecting Your PC OR LaptopThese products will reduce in price by 5% every month:

Oct 26, 2010 22 Replies

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Mark Harriss 15 years ago

Surely your attention span isn't that short.

Meaningless drivel...... you sound like a Telstra shareholder desperately wishing the NBN would go away

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Eunometic 15 years ago

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Your a lying incompetant idiot.

VHDSL2+ is a long existing standard offering 250Mbits over 400m right now.

Remaining lies snipped

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B J Foster 15 years ago

Yes it is.

Why do we need 100Mbps?

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