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Internet, Modern Media

AT&T making the most out of copper infrastructure with G.fast

February 26, 2018

Via: RCR Wireless News

While the long-term movement in Tier 1 carrier networks is toward more and more fiber, many service providers maintain copper coaxial cable networks, which can be upgraded to provide increasingly fast broadband speeds. Particularly in the case of a multiple-dwelling […]


Local area networks and wide area networks, Modern Media

TDS Telecom deploys copper bonding to extend broadband to 30 percent additional locations

November 2, 2016

Via: Fierce Telecom News

TDS Telecom may be an advocate of fiber-based broadband, but the telco is finding success in delivering 25 Mbps and higher speeds over existing copper infrastructure by implementing bonding in areas where it can’t prove out a FTTH business case. […]


Regulations

Verizon says it’s not neglecting its legacy network, despite CWA claims

October 3, 2016

Via: Fierce Telecom News

Verizon is once again fighting claims made by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) that the telco is not performing necessary upkeep on its copper network, this time in Pennsylvania. CWA provided testimony to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) […]