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Insights: September 1, 2017

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Is this the fix for ubiquitous gigabit speeds?

In a perfect world, fiber networks would be ubiquitous by now. After all, deployments grew substantially over the past decade and show no signs of slowing. But this is not a perfect world, and the reality of high costs and complex deployments is chipping away at the gigabit-everywhere vision. Is G.Fast the answer?
 

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