If you want to go high bandwidth, fiber optics is the way to go. From trans-oceanic cables to the yet-unseen ‘fiber to every home,’ fiber optics allows a lot more bandwidth than a copper cable.

These cables consist of a solid or woven copper wire surrounded ... interference and network congestion. Fiber internet uses thin glass strands called fiber-optic cables to carry data, such ...

This would enable "non-discriminatory and customer-centric copper-to-fiber optic migration", which is essential for the telecommunications market in Germany to thrive. The report was commissioned ...