PHS technology is also a popular option for providing a wireless local loop, where it is used for bridging the "last mile" gap between the POTS network and the subscriber's home.

小灵通技术也广泛应用于终端无线漫游，即市话网到用户终端之间的“最后一米”。

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This technology now reaches more than 70% of homes (see chart) and, unlike Verizon, the cable companies did not have to pay to replace the last mile.

这种技术已经应用到百分之七十的用户家里（看图）。与威瑞森不同，电缆公司不向用户索取最后线路的费用。

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"Technology will improve ... the question is how we go to the last mile, " said Costas Synolakis, a professor of civil engineering at the University of South California.

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