Fiber Optic vs Copper
 

Recently companies, such as Verizon with their FIOS service, have begun to migrate from legacy copper to fiber optics. Corning (admittedly one of the largest fiber optic cable makers) is running an article which explains why it is actually cheaper to go for the fiber optics

http://www.corning.com/opticalfiber/...na&language=en
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