[quote=XBoxBoy][quote=spdrun]Yeah, DSL runs over twisted pair (often old, 1940s-era twisted pair). Cable runs over a shielded coaxial cable.[/quote]
So is the type of wire the only difference? If the phone company put in shielded coaxial would they be competitive with cable service? How much wire would need to be replaced? (ie from the telephone poll to house, or from switch box to house, or from central office to switch box to house?)
If shielded coaxial is so much better why hasn’t the phone company switched years ago? Presumably it wouldn’t have taken much insight to see the business opportunities associated with better connections.[/quote]
The answer is simple $$$$$$$$. How much do you think cabling up a neighborhood costs? There’s a reason google fiber is in three cities since 2012.
Remember decades ago the phone companies got broken up. I had high speed u verse a decade ago before the cable company could match the speed. It was an early neighborhood. My current neighborhood got it this year. The cable companies wired them because they originally had city franchises that gave them monopoly (pre little satellite days).
