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Re:UK ISPs have to stop lying about broadband speeds by pjc50 on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @11:38AM (#17135004)
> Copper Ethernet RJ45 is the best

Not to be That Guy, but RJ45 is a plug standard; normal ethernet cable is "cat5" or "cat6", and normal 10/100/1000 Ethernet is limited to just 100 meters. Which is completely useless given the average cabinet distances in the UK.

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Re:UK ISPs have to stop lying about broadband speeds by ksec on Thursday May 24, 2018 @03:04AM (#17141683)
May be I should have properly name it CAT6A Or CAT8 even. I am talking about FTTB, and not FTTC. Of coz it depend where you live, FTTC makes more sense in most cases in UK, FTTB makes more sense for places like London City.
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Re:UK ISPs have to stop lying about broadband speeds by walshemj on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @02:36PM (#17136763)
Think the OP meant ethernet last mile which on copper is 2BASE-TL or more likely 10PASS-TS

Though I suspect that most ELM is delivered over fibre and the CPE just presents a RJ45 fo ryou to plug your TOR Router into.

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