Reply to post: Re: Same in Canada

'Fibre broadband' should mean glass wires poking into your router, reckons Brit survey

SImon Hobson Bronze badge

Re: Same in Canada

Here in the UK we have "Bell Wire", it's what BT string to your house from the fibre cabinet

Not on any new connection in the last decade or two we haven't. The old grey twin coper-covered-steel cable hasn't been used for new installs for quite a few years now, current installs will use a round black cable containing (typically) two off twisted pairs and three off glass fibre tensile strength members.

I still agree with the result of the survey though - it's a complete flipping lie that the ISPs deliberately use to confuse the technically ill-educated masses.

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