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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出版年:	IEEE spectrum 39, 12 (2002).
第一著者:	Green, P.E., Jr
フォーマット:	論文
言語:	English
主題:	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.