Cable (DOCSIS) Connections

HFC - Hybrid Fiber Coaxial - high capacity highway that carries vast amounts of data usin a blend of fiber optic and copper cable.

Data-Over-Cable Service interface specificaton - standardizes how data is transmitted over a hybrid fiber-coaxial network. Makes sure how uyou send data from your cable modem can travel around the world.

upstrea, 5 and 44 MHZ

Downstream

Between 50 and 580 MHz

Cable modems are always asynchronous in therms of their downoad and upload streams.

Easy to use for infristructure.

Faster than DSL.