co-ax

Dizzy, true... but most ISPs use BT's copper to get to your home and that is twisted pair not co-ax and hence offers worse performance for high frequency signals...

Most annoying advert 2008

The antenna was made from a surplus pizza-dish satellite rig, a polished tomato soup can and a length of co-ax that descended to a pigtail with the right fitting for a wireless card.

Boing Boing: April 20, 2003 - April 26, 2003 Archives 2003

He directed fire on this team and destroyed them with his. 30-cal "co-ax."

Steel Victory Yeide, Harry 2003

“You shall learn to fly; I’ll exercise you; then we shall fly into the meadows and pay a visit to the frogs; they will bow before us in the water, and sing ‘Co-ax! co-ax!

The Storks 1909

Not to be confused with Virgin Media's "fibre optic broadband" which is a fibre and co-ax cable hybrid, fibre to the home provides a direct fibre from your premises to a local aggregation point, often in the nearest telephone exchange or a street-side cabinet and can provide speeds from 100meg.

thinkbroadband news feed 2010

As they withdrew, they were literally hosing them off each others tanks with the co-ax machine guns.

Army Rumour Service 2010

As they withdrew, they were literally hosing them off each others tanks with the co-ax machine guns.

Army Rumour Service 2010

I had to visit Dr Dick Smith, who prescribed a special quad-cable to insert into my co-ax hole.

The Age News Headlines 2010

I had to visit Dr Dick Smith, who prescribed a special quad-cable to insert into my co-ax hole.

The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines 2010

The wording in the Digital Britain report was such that it covered all metallic telephone lines, and while Virgin Media makes great use of fibre-optic in its advertising, the reality is that the telephone line to the home is supplied over a twisted pair copper cable running alongside the metal co-ax cable, and thus will be subject to the tax.

thinkbroadband news feed 2010