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What Connects Your Home to the Service Provider

What Connects Your Home to the Service Provider   The traditional technologies, and the new technologies, both rely on some of the same conduits to transmit signals to and from your home. These include: Copper Wire -- Twisted pair (traditional “POTS” system) Coaxial Cable -- Regular cable Fiber Optic Cable -- Faster transmission speeds than other systems Hybrid -- Fiber optic cable in the main provider network connected to regular coaxial cable to your home Radio Signals -- Satellite television, and wireless devices: cellular telephones, broadband wireless mobile cards, and mobile wireless PDA phones   Welcome to the “Connecting Your Home” website An Overview of Emerging Communications Technologies What’s in Your Home Telephone Technologies Television/Video Technologies Internet Technologies We’re Here to Help Contact Information