The term “last mile” typically evokes images of exhausted marathon runners somehow finding their second wind to stumble across the finish line. It’s the last expulsion of energy required to finish the race, and while the elite can do it, others slow to a walk or crawl — if they don’t completely stop altogether.
When we talk the last mile in an internet sense, we’re referring to the final rollout of infrastructure from the point-of-presence to the end user. But instead of exhaustion, network providers face great cost when extending fiber to its final destination. So, it’s often existing copper cables that are used to complete the journey.
