Sckipio Technologies, a start-up based in Israel, successfully demonstrated G.fast at speeds greater than 500Mbps for 200 meters – double the official ITU targets for this new broadband standard, according to the company.
Sckipio said laboratory trials with multiple broadband access service providers globally achieved more than 200 Mbps at 400 meters, again doubling the target distance for the given rate.
“G.fast was optimized to deliver up to 1Gbps in short distances,” said David Baum, CEO of Sckipio Technologies. “Yet, we tuned our technology to allow telcos to reach more customers with higher performance from farther away.”
The initial test results are preliminary and based upon lab evaluations over real binders. Sckipio expects additional performance improvements as the solution is further optimized.
