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Is the era of copper over?

bealtine · 2012-11-16 10:46:43

4G Kills the Copper Plant http://www.lightreading.com/blog.asp?blog_sectionid=244&doc_id=226948

16-11-2012 10:46am

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bealtine

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4G Kills the Copper Plant

http://www.lightreading.com/blog.asp?blog_sectionid=244&doc_id=226948

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#2 18-11-2012 9:20pm

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Not if only covers 10% of the country TBH.

Isn't 3G incompatible with the IP only 4G?

Will the 4G modems come with 3G ones included too so if you go outside Dublin, you can still use it? Or will you need to carry two modems and pay two contracts to guarantee some kind of connection even if it is at dial up speeds on mobile broadband?

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#3 19-11-2012 12:29am

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Current modems can do HSPA, 3G, Edge and GPRS. It's just about possible that future modems will drop GPRS, but I can't see 3G capabilities going away any time soon.

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