There's little point in having a super-speedy
optic backbone if broadband gets yellow-flagged on the final straight between junction box and home. But Huawei claims it's developed prototype DSL technology that can deliver 1Gb/s downstream
and upstream over common twisted pair copper telephone cable for distances of up to 100 meters. This could provide a "cost effective option for telecom operators building ultra-broadband access networks," but will it be enough to overcome
America's anxiety towards Chinese-made telecoms infrastructure? In any case, some
lucky people have had fiber-to-the-home Gigabit broadband for months already.
