A technology upgrade to make hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) services on the National Broadband Network (NBN) capable of gigabit speeds has finally been launched, with DOCSIS 3.1 going live across the ...

NBN Co says it hit speeds of up to 994 megabits per second over a hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) connection during an in-field trial of DOCSIS 3.1 technology. The trial, staged in the Melbourne suburb of ...

Findings from the fifth-annual HFC evolution study highlight an increase in the number of technology options and competitive pressure since the introduction of DOCSIS 4.0 specifications in 2019 ...

NBN Co will progressively enable the DOCSIS 3.1 cable broadband standard across its hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) infrastructure, as it begins to ramp-up the number of premises connected to its access ...

DOCSIS 3.1 is billed as "cutting edge cable broadband technology" that will "double downstream capacity on NBN Co Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC) network" and it is finally being enabled. NBN Co has ...

NBN Co has activated DOCSIS 3.1 for several thousand premises connected to its HFC network in Sydney and Melbourne. The network builder has brought forward the timeline on its planned DOCSIS 3.1 ...

NBN Co had already entered into agreements to purchase the HFC Cable networks currently owned by Telstra and Optus and it's signalled part of the way that it'll implement near-FTTP speeds across those ...

Optus has completed a substantial upgrade of its HFC cable network in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney that will allow residents in supported areas access to speeds up ranging up to around 80Mbps or ...

Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN) company has revealed that it will launch Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) 3.1 services on its hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) network ...

"Prior to launching DOCSIS 3.1, the only way NBN Co could increase capacity on the HFC network was by installing new optical nodes, a process known as node-splitting, to reduce the number of premises ...