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  • beginner99 - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link

    Last mile is for sure a huge issue not just in Asia. There is a fiber line less than that from the place I live but we are not connected. Phone company says max they can offer is 40 mbit/s (down, up like 4 MBit/s). I said not thanks and wen with cable which is decent in down (250Mbit/s) but also sucks at upload. In fact upload is slower than advertised due to old cabling in building...
  • DanNeely - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link

    40mbit down is within the operational speeds for VDSL/VDSL2; and means you're probably close to a mile away from the nearest box servicing your area (if you were closer a faster tier would be available). The next generation service in this tech only has about 100m effective range (before it tapers down to VDSL2 levels); less for the highest service tiers. The service tier you were offered means this probably wouldn't help you at all even if deployed without additional fiber buildout.

    It's only really usable on streets that have fiber running down them already (or in denser urban areas adjacent streets). Effectively it's the last step before fiber to the home for landline phone companies; to deploy it they'll have to run fiber down most streets but can still leave the existing POTS connections from the utility lines to individual residences intact until the next round of build-out. (At which point they'll be able to offer faster service than cable ISPs; instead of being stuck as second best.)
  • iwod - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link

    It is exciting to see G.Fast finally taking off. Hopefully we will get this to market ASAP.

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