Any community in Calgary (and some surrounding areas) that were built in say 2003 and on will have a composite drop. Meaning both copper and fibre. Those areas now will have fibre the rest of the way. Communities that were built in 2011 (or so) will just be strictly fibre. TELUS is not putting anymore copper in the ground for residential services. The map in the link shows existing areas that are being over laid with fibre. These are mostly areas with aerial infrastructure (which is easier to over lay) In some cases, a bonded service on copper can provide up to 50 meg (I think they are trialling 100). A bonded service is 2 VDSL lines brought into the house and a special modem (with 2 jacks) is installed. I hope this clarifies a few things...
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