[LINK] Ireland calls for minimum Internet speeds of 30Mbps

[Fernando Cassia]

On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 6:50 AM, Richard Chirgwin
<rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> I can't get excited about groovy copper-based broadband
> technologies any more, because they'll all be nothing more than stopgaps.

Like it or not, copper can also lower the deployment cost ... it´s
much cheaper to leave the copper from the distribution cabinet (down
here, on sidewalks every block or two), and install fibre to it, then
use VHDSL and the existing copper installation to reach the homes....
that is FTTC (fibre to the cabinet).

FC