Suddenly a lone inventor rides in from what comes to be known as Copper Valley with a stunning new connection system that's easy to use, highly dependable and an order of magnitude cheaper than existing methods.

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One thing they have in common is a connection to Chinese growth, whether through sales of copper and cattle feed or Italian boots and Japanese blouses.

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More than 80 homes have been left without phone and internet connection in a North Lincolnshire village after thieves stole 1, 400m of copper cable.

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It will be rolling out fibre to the cabinet technology (FTTC) - which provides a fibre connection as far as the familiar green boxes on the corner of streets but still relies on copper wiring for the so-called last mile between the cabinet and the home.

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