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No. It's about nit needing to rip out whole buildings to put in fiber to the plug. They say it in the article.
by monochr 12y ago
No. It's about nit needing to rip out whole buildings to put in fiber to the plug. They say it in the article.
- robotresearcher 12y agoYou don't rip out the building because you're using the existing copper that runs inside the building. Maybe you'd run fibre from the junction box to the building then, or maybe you'd just use the existing copper on that route too.
- monochr 12y agoPlease read the article. This technology is only viable for copper wires shorter than 30m. The previous spec at 1/10 speed was for wire shorter than 100m.
- robotresearcher 12y agoQuoth the article: "a major business benefit in locations where it is not physically, economically or aesthetically viable to lay new fiber cables all the way into residences. Instead, fiber can be brought to the curbside, wall or basement of a building and the existing copper network used for the final few meters." I interpreted "the premise" as the building, but perhaps the conventional interpretation is the entire grounds. Either way, this is certainly about squeezing more out of the existing copper.
- monochr 12y agoExisting copper inside the building. It is absolutely useless for the 1km+ distance to exchanges common in cities and 10km+ common in rural settings.