Copper

• Copper cable is a popular handoff from the provider when the network equipment is within 100 meters or less from the provider's termination point.
• The various services that copper is used with include leased lines, broadband cable, DSL, and dial-up.
• Metropolitan Ethernet services can be ordered as either a a copper or fiber handoff from the provider.
• Copper has limited distance and speed, so fiber handoffs from the provider are common.