VSDL2 on steroids takes off as broadband over copper declines for first time

April 19, 2013

Broadband based on VDSL2 helped by a technology called vectoring is taking off, while older members of the DSL family are getting less popular as users around the works crave more bandwidth. The need for more bandwidth is driven by users watching more high-definition video delivered over the Internet to an increasing number of devices including laptops, connected TVs, smartphones and tablets. Fiber all the way is the best option, but costs are dampening its growth. “Nobody can afford to deploy full fiber to the premises throughout their networks. So everybody is looking for ways to satisfy customer demand without having to dig up too many trenches,” said Oliver Johnson, CEO at market research company Point Topic. Here is where VDSL2 with vectoring comes in. Most households will be happy with getting download speeds at between 50Mbps and 60Mbps for the next couple of years, according to Johnson, and the technology has the capabilities to offer that. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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