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EPISODE · Jun 24, 2020 · 14 MIN

23: Old Wires, New Tricks

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With so much focus on wireless and 5G, it's easy to disregard the massive wired infrastructure that runs through our cities and encircles our homes. But with so many transitioning to remote work - and in many cases retreating to heavily insulated steel cages that can hinder wireless signals - it turns out those same copper wires our forefathers plugged their rotary phones into hold previously unforeseen promise for the future of faster data rates, as long as we get the science right.

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Werner Coomans, Nokia Bell Labs researcher, explains the state-of-the-art in wired broadband.

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