Telephony, once the mainstay of the industry, is just one service that can be offered over broadband connections, which will increasingly depend on new fibre-optic and wireless technology, not copper.

电话服务已经从当年的产业支柱变为众多服务项目之一。这项服务如今已经可以通过宽带来提供，而宽带服务已经越来越多的依赖于光纤和无线技术，而非铜线。