Digital Divisions

Next generation Internet: WSJ takes a look

The Wall Street Journal has a good article up about next generation high-speed Internet services in the United States. Comcast recently started upgrading their infrastructure with a new version of cable internet technology called DOCSIS 3, which is now being offered to Minnesotians. The upgrade will let Comcast offer download speeds of 150Mbps, compared 5Mbps for basic service.

Today a speed increase of 3000 percent might seem like an overkill, but just like the move from dial-up to broadband made audio and video possible, these new super-fast connections will make a boatload of new services possible.