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BT and Virgin are the only two operators that own fibre cables.
Putting an electronic switch at the junction between two optical fibre cables slows the signal down.
But, for now, the focus is on encouraging rivals to invest in competing fibre cables while injecting accountability into Openreach.
And last Thursday the Belgian government approved a new law expanding the toolbox of the intelligence services, including the legal possibility to intercept data from fibre cables.
Fibre cables run to exchanges and cabinets, but it is copper that links the last leg between the cabinet and households.
But investments in the latest radio equipment, more masts and faster fibre cables to link up those masts could now give some networks the edge.
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Newly built flats right next to fibre cable suffer internet download speeds between the averages for Burkina Faso and Benin.
A 100 km electro-optical fibre cable will connect the optical modules to the store.
For fibre to the node, optic fibre cable only runs as far as a central point in the neighbourhood, and copper wire connects that node to each home.
The technology is especially attractive for developing countries because it might let them avoid having to lay costly underground fibre cabling.
For Stockholm, part of being a smart city is having an excellent fibre cable network to spur economic progress and encourage more businesses to move there.
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