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General Discussion Area / Re: BT fibre optic question
« on: 29 September 2013, 11:19:20 »
Nothing to do with the thread really, but an interesting aside. Not all 'copper' is 'copper'. In the 70's, the Rhodesia crisis meant that copper was in short supply hence also expensive. The alternative used was aluminium, both for mains and telephone line cable manufacturer. As the conductive properties of aluminium are not as good as copper, high broadband speeds are difficult where aluminium was used. The bad news is that its use was never properly recorded, making it very difficult to predict broadband quality in areas developed in that decade. (I guess nobody foresaw the future use of telephone for high speed digital services, and aluminium is fine for voice, so didn't see the need to record it.)
I would assume that FTTC will resolve that as the problem is much diminished on the shorter cable run between cabinet and home, as opposed to exchange to home.
Pat
I would assume that FTTC will resolve that as the problem is much diminished on the shorter cable run between cabinet and home, as opposed to exchange to home.
Pat
, which was the first place I looked.