The local loop assets cover the last mile or so of wire between telephone exchanges and homes.

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Along either side of the road lay broad swathes of landmines and a double fence of barbed wire that stretches the 151-mile (248 km) length of the DMZ.

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It's also providing copper cable networks for the "last mile" of installed wire from central switches to homes and businesses, and products that help increase bandwidth, maintain signal integrity and optimize wavelength.

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When the members of the G8 convene for their June 6 summit at Heiligendamm, a venerable German resort on the Baltic, they first will have to transit an 8-mile fence topped with razor wire.

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The resort also revealed that plans are being finalised for a Sky Wire Wales attraction, featuring a one-mile series of zip wires carrying users from the hilltop resort across the River Usk.

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Participants on a 10-to-12 mile Tough Mudder course wade through waist-deep mud, crawl under barbed wire, submerge themselves in ice water and jump through fire.

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