If you thought DSL and cable Internet were fast, you're in for a surprise. A new bandwidth project called Dynamic Spectrum Management is in progress. DSM would effectively replace DSL with a technology that uses the same copper wiring to transmit a whole lot more data than any existing (affordable) home broadband solutions today. The difference between DSM and DSL is apparently the way in which signals and packets are processed and sent to a destination.
If DSM actually ends up working as well as it seems like it could, we could be seeing a much better alternative than digging into the ground all over the place to lay lots of fiber-optic cable. Of course, the telecom companies own the majority of usable wire going to your house, so they'll have to work out some way to get this up and running first. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
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