As more connected home products requiring high upstream bandwidth come to market, full duplex DOCSIS has become a viable solution for companies like Intel, according to Keith Wehmeyer, GM, Cable Business Line for Intel's connected home division. It's an innovation that will also push off the need for fiber to the home, according to John Chapman, CTO for Cable Access at Cisco. We spoke to both about why Intel and Cisco have partnered at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in Denver.