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by NavinF 1661 days ago
Meh. Fiber has been cheaper than copper per mile for a long time and 10km optics are like $20.
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yes, but this does not scale if you want to build residential connectivity.

GPON makes this scalable and affordable, but at the cost of technical complexity. Fiber (as in, the cables themselves) is far cheaper to produce compared to copper, but this has mostly to do with the price of copper and not manufacturing techniques.