300mbps over copper

[Sting]

Actually, 4 pairs (8 wires) in my case. When I had a noisy line the telkom chappie also tried swapping pairs and eventually replaced all 500m that runs from the street pole up the drive to my house - 6mm black cable. Didn't help - turned out to be water damage at the exchange.

That will be the exception, not the rule.

You will find many cases like this, as they sometimes run out of stock of "drop-wire" and then use the next biggest cable size available!

 

[drukkie]

Fibre FTW, why are they still waisting money? 400m's? cmon...maybe in the UK...but not here...

 

[HavocXphere]

Explain? Last kilometer(s) is arguable the most expensive and time consuming part of the installation.

Who do you think our fav telco is going to manage easier: Putting in an extra copper line or FTTH?

Two pairs (IE. 4 wires)? I haven't seen many homes with more than 1 pair

Yup 2 pairs, 4 wires. One was for fax & dial-up the other one for phone.

They do have spare cables going to the poles in normal res areas, so rolling out bonded copper is entirely possible, just not for everyone. They just need a few meters of wire from the pole to the house & set up the equipment at the exchange.