These new chipsets could speed up the spread of gigabit Internet

Gigabit Internet has been slow to spread across the United States for a number of reasons, the biggest of which is how expensive it is for Internet providers to upgrade their existing infrastructure. Broadcom and STMicroelectronics want to solve this problem with some new tools that will make it much easier for Internet providers to provide gigabit Internet speeds on their existing copper and cable networks, meaning they won’t have to spend millions or even billion to upgrade.