[fzltrp]

I've seen this kind of setup in Japan more a few years ago, with vsdl as the technology for "the last meters": fiber optic was used by service providers down to neighborhood/building concentrators, and then the signal was carried over phone copper lines down to the office. We had a vdsl modem there, instead of a fiber one (I've seen those as well for business and homes).

[kalleboo]

Yeah it's still extremely common in Japan in anything that's not a new construction, they call it "mansion type". Supposedly up to 100 Mbit/s.

[fzltrp]

Afair, we had close to 100Mbit/s on our lines. The building wasn't very old, apparently we had good copper wires (I can't comment on the average quality of those across the country, but knowing Japan, it should be good).