the subscriber loop, which is the twisted pair of 22- to 26-gauge copper wires
going from your telephone to the local telephone exchange. These were originally
designed to handle a rather narrow band of frequencies. That is, they were
designed to handle analog voltages in the 20 to 50-volt range with frequencies of
less that 4,000 hertz. This sort of wiring cannot be easily convert to carrying even
voice-grade digital communications at 64,000 bits per second.