Miles of coaxial cables run under streets and sidewalks all over the country. This is a slow and expensive process that requires a lot of resources.

Cables are routed into our homes and buildings, then connect to a cable modem. All of our modems are connected to the same coaxial cables, so when everyone in the neighborhood is online, bandwidth speeds decrease dramatically.

Residential speeds can range for users anywhere from 1Mbps to 100Mbps, but average around 60Mbps.

Fiber optic cables are replacing coaxial cables in our world. Made of glass and driven by light, they are hundreds of times faster.

Unfortunately, fiber optic cable is often not available in residential areas, because it's expensive to install. Until very recently, this was the only way that homes could get fiber-quality speeds.