Entering the market as the first in-line DSL protocol analyzer, the DSLscope evaluates and decodes the data running inside DSL copper loop connections. The instrument records all traffic between the ...

Rim Semiconductor Company may breathe new life into the existing copper wire infrastructure, allowing phone companies that offer Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) to significantly boost speeds: ...

In an ideal world replacement of the copper local loop would happen in the next couple of years, but even the recent £1.5bn programme from BT suggests that the copper local loop is to largely remain.

Average local loop lengths around the world. Mindspeed puts the limit of 4.6Mbit/s transmission at around 2.5km. Graphs are based on 2001 Italian government and Telecom Italia figures. Mindspeed ...