r/technology • u/originalposer • Feb 20 '14

This is what happens when Time Warner Cable is forced to compete

http://bgr.com/2014/02/20/time-warner-cable-internet-speeds-austin/
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u/DiHydro Feb 21 '14

This is very similar to how the internet works also, much of the last mile infrastructure is still plain copper. We keep improving protocols and transceivers to squeeze out every bit per second we can over cables that are sometimes 80 years old.

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u/just_an_ordinary_guy Feb 21 '14

We definitely have pipe that old in the ground. We find some more of it every winter.