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You thought 5G hype was bad? Meet 10G

October 2, 2019

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Telcos have and continue to take heat for 5G-related marketing moves–AT&T’s 5G Evolution indicator anyone?–but operators are delivering limited commercial 5G today in geographies around the world. Not to be outdone, the cable industry has begun pushing 10G, which refers to symmetrical 10 Gbps speeds delivered over hybrid fiber coaxial networks.

10G is branding. The underlying technology is the latest and greatest in DOCSIS, data over cable service interface specification. While commercializing 10G doesn’t necessarily require massive investments in trenching to lay new cabling, it won’t be available for the at least “the next few years,” according to CableLabs.

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