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Re:Why 56k Modems Relied on Digital Phone Lines You Didn't K... by zinekeller on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @02:27AM (#43329715)
Not GP, but this reminds me of how modern GPON (including XGS-, 50G-) works in some areas, like NBN (Australia), NTT FLETS (Japan) and Openreach (UK) where the fiber runs, on what is essentially, a PPPoE or IPoE pipe that tunnels the connection from the customer to the real ISP the user subscribed. Switzerland (basing at least on Init7 docs) has somehow decided on fiber-optic being a real dumb pipe, which is really nice but I imagine that it is costly.

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