When gigabit accesses are mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind for most of us (especially in Spain) is a fibre-optic access network for speeds beyond 50Mb. Carriers take the optical fibre to your home, install an ONT and that’s it. Customers can choose between 100Mbps, 300Mbps, 600Mbps and even 1Gbps plans, depending on what they’re willing to pay. If there is no fibre coverage at your...
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What an old copper pair (and a bargeman) can do for you
DSL technology today gives connection speeds greater than 100Mbps over a support that initially appeared far humbler and limited to the long forgotten 33Kbps: a pair of copper wires. How is this possible? When conventional telephone lines - POTS – Plain Old Telephone System - were originally deployed, their only task was to transport acceptable quality of voice (from 100Hz up to 17KHz using a...
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