Nearly six years after setting its ambitious 10G target, the cable industry is closing in on its goal of delivering symmetrical 10 Gbps speeds over its hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) networks. After conducting numerous lab and field trials on several continents over the past few years, operators are now beginning to deploy next-gen versions of both DOCSIS and PON technologies to deliver blazing-fast speeds to tens of millions of broadband subscribers.

byAlan Breznick