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by AtheistOfFail 1477 days ago
Fiber to the pole.

It's copper from the telephone pole to your home. It's cheaper to implement and gives you less overprovisioning.

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Fiber To The Premises. Meaning the fibre optic cable comes right to your home as opposed to FTTC Fibre To The Cabinet which means only as far as the telephone cabinet and then copper to you. It is unfortunate that fibre has been used so widely as a marketing term it's now often nearly impossible to tell what technology is actually being advertised.
No, this is Fibre to the Premises, IE actual fibre all the way to your house.
No, that's FTTC (Fiber to the Curb)
Fibre to the Cabinet, in the UK
Ew