the last mile
noun [ S ]
ukus COMMERCE
the last stage in a process, especially of a customer buying goods:
One major problem of online shopping is "the last mile" - the delivery to the customer at their home.
COMMUNICATIONS
the last stage in providing services such as cable television and broadband to homes and businesses:
The firm offers an inexpensive and practical way of uncorking the bottleneck of the "last mile", bringing vast amounts of bandwidth to any business that wants it.
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