WOW Testing Multi-Gig Speed Nodes Technology

Wideopenwest is piloting a test in the Panama City, Florida, market using distributed access architecture modes to increase capacity on its hybrid coaxial fiber network and offer multi-gig speeds, it said Tuesday. The cabler said the tested technology lays the framework for offering symmetrical multi-gig speeds via DOCSIS 4.0. It said under the test, customers in a specifically designated area will enjoy speeds of 2 Gbps/200 Mbps. Test phases will make those speeds available to current and new subscribers in additional markets later.