1Gbps over copper standard fast-tracked

By Juha Saarinen on Dec 13, 2013 6:58AM

Gear to appear in 2015.

The International Telecommunications Union is fast-tracking work on the official standard for a technology that allows digital subscriber line (DSL) copper broadband to reach up to one gigabit per second speeds over short distances. The G.fast technology provides fibre-like speeds of 500Mbps ...

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