Pues eso, que hace poco mandé este email al vicepresidente de comunicaciones de CableLabs (la compañía que está desarrollando el protocolo DOCSIS 3.0 :-P ):
As the person responsible of the information for CableLabs and it's projects, Mike Schwartz, I'd be grateful if you would have the kindness to answer some of my questions.
There are several technologies that are getting more and more competitive such as the recent DSL technologies like ADSL2+ and VDSL2.
There have been some news that DOCSIS 3.0 is being developed to counterattack these technologies to keep cable Internet competitive. Some early specifications in August of 2004 said that it would support 200 Mbps per channel and 6.3 Gbps per node in downstream and 100 Mbps per channel and 450 Mbps per node in upstream. Some of the latest news is that BroadLogic is developing a system that can achieve 600 Mbps with DOCSIS 3.0 technology but without mentioning the upstream attainable rate.Now my questions are these:
1. What is the current state of today's DOCSIS 3.0 specifications in downstream and upstream per channel and node?
2. What is it expected to be the final approximate specifications of DOCSIS 3.0 when it's finally and officially released?
3. Is there an approximate date for it's official release? And will it be anytime soon?
4. Will investigations persist after the DOCSIS 3.0 official release for future improvements? And if so, what would the goals for the next standard be?
Thank you for your attention.
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Before I begin searching for answers, I would be appreciative of some information about yourself, such as the reason for your interest to this level and whether you are a consumer or a cable operator.
Thanks
Mike
Ahora bien... ¿qué le digo yo al tío? ¿Cómo podría sacarle más provecho a la situación? Está claro que no le voy a decir que soy un operador de cable, pero... ¿qué quedaría interesante sin mentir demasiado? ¿Alguien me echa un "cable"? :-P
Edit: Se me está ocurriendo algo. Como este es mi tercer año estudiando informática... podría usar algo de eso a mi favor... como tengo también una página web... no sé... ¿alguien con mucha imaginación que pueda sacar algo "curioso" y ante todo creible?
Por cierto, ya que estoy... Qué le dice un informático a uno de letras: "El Whopper, me lo pones con bebida y patatas grandes."
Bueno volviendo al tema: ¿alguien?