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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (23024)	6/6/2000 7:53:00 PM
From: gpowell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

It's always been a notion of mine that one of the benefits that would ultimately derive from going with a 750 or 864 MHz system would be the opening of new and cleaner spectrum for the reverse path. For some reason, I still think this is the case, although the document which you pointed me to doesn't support the idea. I also assumed that at some point the upstream path would move into the upper part of the spectrum. If you find indications that this is happening, pass it to the thread. The harmonic white papers show that the 5 to 40 MHz band can support as much as 100 mb/s of data under optimal conditions (assuming a local loop of 100). I think it is risky using a noisy band for information carriage, and 100 mb/s data rates implies that noise problems, when they occur, will be magnified. Given ATHM's recent statements about bandwidth demands being more symmetrical than envisioned, at some point the upstream constraints will be addressed. However, I don't see how it will be done within the current DOCSIS specification and with the equipment currently deployed.