Here's some really cool news: Comcast has finally unveiled its new DOCSIS 4.0 / Wi-Fi 7 gateway -- the XB10.
This new gateway is based on Broadcom's new DOCSIS 4.0 chipset, and will support both Full Duplex DOCSIS (aka FDX, which uses frequencies up to 1.2 GHz -- what Comcast is now starting to roll out (and what Rogers presumably will too)) and Extended Spectrum DOCSIS (ESD), which can use frequencies up to 1.8 GHz but allocates separate bands for Upstream and Downstream channels.
Comcast also unveiled a new Wi-Fi 7 Router, the XER10, which appears to be purpose-built for FTTH installations. (An XB10 without the cable modem??) I have not been able to track down any detailed specs yet but, like other Wi-Fi 7 routers on the market, I would presume that this device will have at least two 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports. If you look close, you will also see that this router has a telephone jack for Home Phone.
Rogers currently provides (XGS-PON) FTTH customers with an XB7 or XB8 gateway, and uses the (one and only) 2.5 GigE port as a WAN connection to an external ONT. This leaves customers with only Gigabit Ethernet and Wi-Fi connectivity for their devices, making impossible for them to use their multi-gig service to its full potential. It looks like the XER10 router is just what Rogers needs.
I will post more information as it becomes available.
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Hello @-G-,
Thank you for getting this thread started. A lot of great features as you have highlighted in your post. Once we have more details than we will be able to update the community on the product.
RogersJermaine
While neither the XB10 nor XER10 were specifically mentioned, Rogers, today, announced a 10-year agreement with Comcast to "bring the latest award-winning Xfinity products and technology to Canadians across the country.", including Comcast'a 10G Internet product and technology portfolio.
Rogers to Bring World-Class Comcast and Xfinity Products to Canada
Yesterday, I called Rogers to see about getting an XB10. Apparently, it's not available, at least not in my area.
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Yesterday, I called Rogers to see about getting an XB10. Apparently, it's not available, at least not in my area.
I have not seen any XB10 news since whatever we saw got unveiled back in February. No announcements of a release date from Comcast or any reports of early deployments to customers. The only thing we have been told is that it will be coming in the second half of 2024 and will be based on Broadcom silicon... but no word on who the manufacturer is/will be. If the XB10 or XER10 units have been submitted to the FCC for testing, the test reports are still under embargo.
Also nothing in the Comcast DOCSIS 4.0 thread on DSLReports. From what I have heard, Comcast's testers have been using an unbranded DOCSIS 4.0 modem and an (Ethernet WAN-connected) XB8 Gateway.
Apparently, Rogers is conducting limited DOCSIS 4.0 tests in Calgary but I do not know whose hardware they are using in their nodes or anything about the CPE gear in testers' homes.
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