New life for copper?

Mark Twain once famously said "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated".  Maybe the Telcos are thinking the same thing.  A new report out by equipment maker Ericsson indicates that, under the right circumstances, they can get up to 500 Mb/sec with multiple twisted pairs "bonded" together over a relatively short distance of 500 meters.  Still, if this last "quarter mile" can be made more economical with existing infrastructure, then we'll be seeing competition heat up even more for Broadband.  

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