Now, if they could just improve their latency
VM's roll out of Low Latency DOCSIS is scheduled for the 12th of Never. Whilst the low latency standard is built into DOCSIS 4.0, VM aren't likely to implement D4.0 before 2026-2028 because they need to recover the costs incurred from D3.1. Even then, there's no requirement to deploy everything that's part of the standard, and at the moment (as far as I've read) the main hardware makers are reluctant to invest in Low Latency DOCSIS as they don't believe cableco's will pay a premium for it.
So you're waiting for VM to complete their D3.1 roll out (late this year through to mid 2022?), and then four-five years to amortise the substantial cost of that. And then you'd need them to be willing to commit to several hundred million quid and a vast network upgrade programme, plus you need to hope they choose LLD as part of any D4.0 plan, and they'll need a new model of hub that doesn't exist yet. By that time there's going to be a lot of competition from FTTP that has inherently better latency than DOCSIS, so with competitor pricing pressure, and little or no unique speed advantage, I can't see VM will find much of an investment case for D4.0.....
So don't hold your breath....
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