A studious survey from media access platform provider ATX Networks has uncovered how more than 40 operators of various sizes perceive DOCSIS 4.0 today and how they plan to deploy it, while exploring whether flirting with fiber is mission critical. We love it when a vendor catches us off guard with a ballsy opening gambit. “The HFC network is destined for extinction,” was how ATX Networks kicked off the show during a webinar this week revealing results of its survey. “Fiber is destined to someday completely overtake HFC’s portion of the network,” continued the condemnation of HFC networks, in self-defamatory fashion from ATX Networks given its cableco customer base. But unlike other suppliers of access equipment in the fixed network…