The next generation of broadband came closer last week when Californian chip company Ikanos demonstrated Ethernet at 50 megabits per second (mbps) download speeds over a kilometer of copper wire. The ...

Editor's Note: To view a PDF version of this article, Click Here. Telecommunications operators are responding to the competitive threat of cable and satellite services by offering high-speed ...

400Mbps VDSL rings touted as cut-price alternative to FTTH The Coalition might have another weapon in its battle to push alternative technologies against the Government's $43b, predominantly FTTH, ...

ADSL technology has been a resounding success and the number of subscribers is expected to continue growing over the next several years. But with the consumer quest for more speed continuing, many ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. If you’ve got a mesh Wi-Fi network set up in your home, you ...

TL;DR: My VDSL sucks! Help me run a new 30-40m cable to replace my old, noise-prone POTS cabling. Long version: Hi all, I'm in Athens, Greece where the only way to get a decent broadband connection is ...

Openserve recently upgraded the upload speeds of its VDSL services. Subscribers on 20Mbps VDSL now get up to 5Mbps up, while 40Mbps receive uploads of up to 10Mbps. Openserve said it doesn’t plan to ...

NETGEAR just announced a $250 high performance router with an embedded DSL modem supporting ADSL/ADSL2/ADSL2+ and VDSL/VDSL2 speeds. The new Nighthawk AC1900 WiFi VDSL/ADSL Modem Router also offers ...

Openserve has more than doubled the maximum upload speeds available on 20Mbps and 40Mbps VDSL products. Subscribers reported they noticed an increase in upload speed test results, with 20Mbps VDSL ...

Home network specialist devolo is now rolling out the new DIM feature with a firmware update for its Magic series. The abbreviation stands for "Dynamic Interference Mitigation", a function that ...

A variety of over-current and overvoltage products are on the market for protecting VDSL telecommunications circuits. These include transformer line-side capacitors, transformer driver-side diodes, ...