Current cable modems can negotiate with the CMTS to determine which of several channels to use for communication, even when channel bonding is not in use. This means different customers can be communicating on different channels if the CMTS has sufficient resources. Are you saying that this was not possible with DOCSIS 1.0? Obviously it is more common for channels to be shared than for each customer to get dedicated channels, but I don't think that is a technological limitation.
No, 38/9Mbps PER CHANNEL. Multiple customers may be on a single channel yes, but there is a fairly large number of available channels on modern QAM-based cable networks, and has been for some time. 3-5 DOCSIS channels would normally be sufficient back in 97 for the number of customers attached to each head-end.
wtallis|11 years ago
snuxoll|11 years ago