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Even more incredible, ADSL works over wet string: https://www.revk.uk/2017/12/its-official-adsl-works-over-wet-string.html?m=1 https://www.revk.uk/2017/12/its-
by samwillis 5y ago
Even more incredible, ADSL works over wet string:
https://www.revk.uk/2017/12/its-official-adsl-works-over-wet-string.html?m=1 https://www.revk.uk/2017/12/its-official-adsl-works-over-wet...
- gruez 5y agoIs it really surprising that ADSL2, which was apparently designed to work "up to 5000 meters" of copper, can work over 2 meters of wet string? Wet salty string being 1/2500th as conductive as copper wire doesn't seem too far fetched.
- rubatuga 5y agoYou need to consider reflections attenuation and imepdance
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- Nextgrid 5y agoA large chunk of the UK wouldn't have broadband if it didn't.