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Originally Posted by altis

I wonder what type of fibre they're using for this!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7202396.stm

Dependant on the area we install as standard a 24 core (Single Mode 9/125 or the customer can specify any particular fibre). For inner city we would use upwards of 72 core.

http://www.h2o-networks.uk.net/about-us/?faqs

So that article shows what Cable can achieve. If I were on ADSL in a non cabled area, I would pray for a company like H2O to come and wire up the sewers.