[LINK] Ever-lasting copper

[David Boxall]

I'm slowly getting ground down by opponents of FTTP. The latest is an 
assertion that copper telecommunications cabling lasts forever.

When the infrastructure in my area was replaced, my neighbour reported 
being shown old copper that appeared crystalline; possibly some form of 
metal fatigue. I have no clue about these things. Can anyone enlighten 
me on how copper degrades over time?

-- 
David Boxall                    |  A fool is certain;
                                |  an ignorant fool,
http://david.boxall.id.au       |  absolutely so.
                                            --Graffito