Certain parts of the network go further than that. My parents have fibre optic all the way to a small box on the side of their house. From there it's then coaxial cable into the house.
I thought originally that fibre wasn't allowed to go into the home as there were safety concerns that people may damage their eyesight from staring into the cables to see the laser light. Not sure if this is still the case or not.
Unfortunately I'm in the newer part of town which doesn't have cable, so I'm stuck with my 8Mbps ADSL connection.
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Certain parts of the network go further than that. My parents have fibre optic all the way to a small box on the side of their house. From there it's then coaxial cable into the house.
I thought originally that fibre wasn't allowed to go into the home as there were safety concerns that people may damage their eyesight from staring into the cables to see the laser light. Not sure if this is still the case or not.
Unfortunately I'm in the newer part of town which doesn't have cable, so I'm stuck with my 8Mbps ADSL connection.