My DSL line downloads at 6 megabits per second. I just ran the test. This is over a pair of copper twisted wires, the same Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) twisted pair that connected your ...

Rim Semiconductor Company may breathe new life into the existing copper wire infrastructure, allowing phone companies that offer Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) to significantly boost speeds: ...

If you rely on old-school copper wire DSL technology for your home's Internet connection, you could see a major speed boost over the next few years. CNET is reporting that several companies are ...

Wireless communications seem to be getting all of the attention these days, but there still remains a huge market and installed base for copper-carried DSL services. The market's increasing interest ...

A DSL standard that combines fiber and copper to reach gigabit speeds was approved today by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The next step for the new G.fast standard is certifying ...

For years, replacing the nation's copper telephone wires with fiber-optic cable has offered a promise of digital heaven: quick downloading of full-length movies from the Internet; phone companies ...

Just when the future of broadband appears to be tipped towards the mass roll-out of optics, Nokia Siemens Networks proves that there's still life in the old copper wires yet. Using a virtual channel ...

QUEBEC CITY, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – EXFO Inc. (NASDAQ: EXFO) (TSX: EXF) announced today the launch of the FTB-610 Wideband Copper Test Module and FTB-635 Wideband Copper and DSL Test Module.

Are you reading this over AT&T DSL right now? If so, you might have to upgrade or go shopping for a new ISP soon. AT&T quietly stopped selling new traditional DSLs on October 1st, though they will ...

With low-end broadband packages hitting price points that make them commodities, ISPs are starting to rely on high-bandwidth premium services to draw in high profits from their subscribers. Because ...

Many prominent ISPs in South Africa are offering DSL packages at cheaper prices than entry-level fibre packages with similar download speeds. The popularity of copper connectivity has waned in recent ...

Copper Mountain Networks, a maker of digital subscriber line equipment used mainly by business customers, is looking to boost revenue growth by pushing into the market for broadband hookups used in ...