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Someone over at Mastodon was wondering if it was possible to transmit DSL over a banana. I did not have one at hand, but found an alternative.
I cut one of the two DSL copper strands, in half and pushed it into an apple.

Well, it works. With astonishing high data rates.

A dismantled cable. One of the wires is cut in half and pushed into an apple.
Web interface of a DSL modem. Line is up, with 185/42 Mbit per second.


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