Fiber Replacement?

[GWguy]

G.Fast. New tech allows high speed Internet over existing phone or coax wires.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/16/technology/gfast-internet-speeds/index.html

That's the promise of G.Fast. It's a new technology that can deliver blazing fast internet over the wires you already have in your home. For many, it will be the first time they'll have more than one choice for broadband.

There are still a lot of questions surrounding G.Fast: When will it be available? Who will be able to get it? And how much will it cost?

But on Monday, one crucial question was answered: How fast will it be? Very.

Israeli chipmaker Sckipio announced a new G.Fast solution that can deliver both upload and download speeds 750 megabits per second. That's 50 times faster than the broadband that you probably have coming into your home right now.

 

[Larry Gude]

Real, good old fashioned oatmeal works great for me.

 

[Gilligan]

real, good old fashioned oatmeal works great for me.

tmi

 

[Clem72]

G.Fast. New tech allows high speed Internet over existing phone or coax wires.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/16/technology/gfast-internet-speeds/index.html

Anyone familiar with our local providers knows they won't be rolling this tech out anytime soon (if ever). Meanwhile Metrocast has a fairly good record upgrading to the newer DOCSIS standards. When they put DOCSIS 3.1 in (which is already available in cheap consumer hardware) they could provide gigabit connections over coax easily.

 

[SamSpade]

Since it appears that to achieve these speeds, they'd have to set up stuff every few hundred meters to have any bit of effectiveness - I can't see phone companies who won't put down fiber doing this instead.
It looks like it would only be useful in smaller urban areas.