How it works
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Local telephone exchange
A modern network of fibre optic glass cabling runs from here, sending data at the speed of light. Unlike standard broadband your speed isn’t affected by how long the cabling is. (Standard broadband sends electrical signals over copper telephone wires. The longer the copper cable is, the poorer the speed).
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Green cabinet
The fibre optic cables run to the green cabinets you’ll have seen on/near your street. Your nearest green cabinet should be a lot closer to you than your local telephone exchange.
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Your home
A short copper cable then runs from your nearest green cabinet into your home. The distance the signal travels along is really short - meaning much faster speeds!.
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