It appears that ‘interference’ is the underlying contributor which impairs Broadband speeds using DSL technologies. Although this type of complication has been cleaned up within ADSL and ADSL2+ technologies, interference is still dominant.
In a follow up to a recent article on Broadband Guide, further information has been produced supporting a research by Dr John Papandriopoulos that states DSL Broadband speeds can potentially break the 100Mbit barrier using a variation of DSL technology referred to as VDSL. Depending on further research and development, it could be likely that we may witness the new VDSL technology hit the scene over the next 3 to 4 years.
From a consumer’s point of view, the news gets better as aside from network upgrades, it appears that firmware upgrades for you’re current modem/routers or relatively inexpensive new modem/routers may be all thats required to use the new technology. VDSL Broadband is certainly a topic that we’ll be keeping a watchful eye upon in the future, especially if 100Mbps+ Broadband speeds can be produced.
“Typical broadband in Australia is around 1.5MB/sec for ADSL1 and anywhere up to 24MB/sec for ADSL2+ connections. We’re looking at increasing those rates up to about 100mbs per second by managing the interference between the lines” he said.
What Dr John’s breakthrough does is reduce interference on copper telephone lines to the extent that you can run VDSL lines on them. “What we’re doing with newer versions of DSL such as VDSL and VDSL2 is employing technology to widen the broadband further, the trouble with doing that is you really need to manage the interference, which is what the research has focused on” Dr John said.
Read the entire article at IDM.net.au
