• sasquatch7704@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Usually fiber is used between cities and in cities and copper is for the “last mile”. Usually there is a switching box for the street / building complex

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      1 hour ago

      You still need signal reconditioning for fibre too, which needs power…

      I know where you’re coming from, but not everywhere is populated enough, so these alternatives exist.