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Re:ADSL works over wet string (2017) by NavinF on Saturday December 04, 2021 @04:10PM (#29444345)
Meh. Fiber has been cheaper than copper per mile for a long time and 10km optics are like $20.
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Re:ADSL works over wet string (2017) by kazen44 on Sunday December 05, 2021 @08:05AM (#29448967)
yes, but this does not scale if you want to build residential connectivity.

GPON makes this scalable and affordable, but at the cost of technical complexity. Fiber (as in, the cables themselves) is far cheaper to produce compared to copper, but this has mostly to do with the price of copper and not manufacturing techniques.

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