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A European Starlink rival’s shares skyrocketed 390% in a week — here’s why (www.cnbc.com)
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[–] sasquatch7704@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] sasquatch7704@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

You need it every 100km