Paving the last mile with glass.

Paving the last mile with glass.

Each year, the local phone companies (more properly known as ILECs, for incumbent local exchange carriers) replace 3-4 percent of their copper twisted-pair subscriber lines because of physical deterioration. They also add 1.5 million lines annually to newly built homes. But by largely ignoring the o...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE spectrum 39, 12 (2002).
Main Author: Green, P.E., Jr
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cable companies.
Cable-modem service.
Coaxial cable.
Copper twisted-pair subscriber lines.
Fiber-based high-performance broadband.
Incumbent local exchange carriers.
Local phone companies.
Optical fiber.
Public switched telephone network.
Telephone companies.
Telephone service.