17 Apr
2005
17 Apr
'05
1:36 p.m.
Hannigan, Martin writes:
As long as the hardware can keep up, the amount of glass in spectrum in the ground should make this an impossibility for the near term, 10 years plus.
Fiber isn't useful by itself; there are two obvious things needed to turn a piece of glass into something that can carry IP - transmission equipment and routers. While it'll be a while before carriers need to trench across the Rockies again, the day of needing to buy the equipment to plug into the fiber is already here for some providers.