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		Gigabit DSL (with a fiber boost) to hit market next year (arstechnica.com)
		3 points by ianlevesque on Dec 6, 2014 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

ianlevesque on Dec 6, 2014 [–]

It seems to only be designed for up to 400 meters from a node, and only gives a gigabit at much less than that. This makes me wonder how much it will help in practice. U-Verse FTTN customers are supposedly 600-800 meters from nodes.

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