Charter Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: CHTR - message board) is the latest MSO to telegraph that it will introduce Docsis 3.0-powered cable modem services in 2008.

Following Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC - message board)'s lead last week, Charter president and CEO Neil Smit said during this morning's earnings call that his company will launch Docsis 3.0 "later in the year."

Today, Charter's top-end 16 Mbit/s service is available to about 80 percent of its Docsis footprint. Docsis 3.0 uses channel bonding techniques to produce shared speeds in excess of 100 Mbit/s.


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