We spend a lot of time in this newsletter talking about how many locations are at or above certain arbitrary throughput (“speed”) thresholds like 25 download/3 upload, or 100 download/20 upload.
I agree. The Unserved and Underserved locations generally are where you only have the option of DSL service, a fixed wireless service that is using low-band spectrum, or satellite. If a cable operator is providing service in an area, it is almost certainly "Served". Almost all cable operators have deployed a minimum of DOCSIS 3.0 in their cable plant, which can easily support speeds over 100 x 20 Mbps. In fact, many have deployed DOCSIS 3.1 and can provide gigabit download speeds, and larger providers are now moving to DOCSIS 4.0 so they can support multi-gigabit download and uploads. One of the managed services we provide is provisioning of the CPE for cable operators, and a lot of our cable operator customers actually have us provision the speed on devices higher than the advertised speed so their subscribers will have a better experience.
I agree. The Unserved and Underserved locations generally are where you only have the option of DSL service, a fixed wireless service that is using low-band spectrum, or satellite. If a cable operator is providing service in an area, it is almost certainly "Served". Almost all cable operators have deployed a minimum of DOCSIS 3.0 in their cable plant, which can easily support speeds over 100 x 20 Mbps. In fact, many have deployed DOCSIS 3.1 and can provide gigabit download speeds, and larger providers are now moving to DOCSIS 4.0 so they can support multi-gigabit download and uploads. One of the managed services we provide is provisioning of the CPE for cable operators, and a lot of our cable operator customers actually have us provision the speed on devices higher than the advertised speed so their subscribers will have a better experience.
Yup, and I'm tired of linking to it over and over but the FCC's Measuring Broadband America paints the same picture.