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Thursday, December 19, 2002

I Want My VDSL! -- 11:09 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

HardOCP linked to an article on How Stuff Works that describes VDSL technology. VDSL uses the fiber optic cables that have been run all over the place to increase the "last mile" bandwidth significantly, to the tune of 52Mbps! The top speed for cable or ADSL is about 8-10Mbps. This service is actually being tested by Qwest. Now THAT'S fast!

The Master comments: Yeah, but it's moot. That kind of last-mile throughput would kill ISPs, since there are nearly no ISPs with that much upstream bandwidth. Throughput in broadband terms almost never has anything to do with last-mile bandwidth.

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