[AusNOG] Bigpond HFC Capacity

Bryn Loftus bryn at wintonit.biz
Fri Jun 20 12:57:06 EST 2014


Telstra run 8x4 eurodocsis 3, so roughy 400mb/110mb usable per segment. Each subscriber could in theory use all of that if their hardware supported it.

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> On 20 Jun 2014, at 12:55 pm, "Joseph Goldman" <joe at apcs.com.au> wrote:
> 
> I don't think thats quite what Skeeve is asking, by your statement     if I installed 10 services at the house I could have 1gbit?
> 
> Assuming the question is on the single lead-in (not multiple physical cables coming in to service the multiple connections, and assuming that the multi-services Skeeve is referring is split out from single lead-in), that what is that lead-in capable of in a technical sense.
> 
>  I have never really dealt with HFC so I could be completely wrong here, but if its using DOCSIS3.0 can't it do up to like 250+mbps? Assuming it's artificially limited to 100mbps I'd imagine its until the max that the current tech allows.
> 
>> On 20/06/14 12:46, John Lindsay wrote:
>> Single entry is the same as the whole area. So all the boxes at your house just add to the total services on the segment. 
>> 
>> John Lindsay
>> 
>> On 20 Jun 2014, at 11:58 am, Skeeve Stevens <skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hey all,
>>> 
>>> Ignoring the local segment capacity of a Bigpond/Foxtel network, I am wondering what an individual dwellings cabled capacity is.
>>> 
>>> Meaning... How many 100mb Bigpond services, Foxtel services could one household have and function at full capacity?
>>> 
>>> I have 2 x 100mb Bigpond Extreme services at my house and they both seem to work fine, even simultaneously... but I have a friend asking about the same, but they also want to have two Foxtel IQ boxes running at the same time in same house.
>>> 
>>> So, it got me wondering how many 'services', whether Bigpond or Foxtel a single household could handle.
>>> 
>>> Again, I am not commenting on the local area segment capacity which is shared... I am talking about the single entry into the household.
>>> 
>>> Thanks :)
>>> 
>>> ...Skeeve
>>> 
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