Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Fiber to Home: Density Matters
When evaluating prospects for fiber-to-home deployments, density really does matter. As recent data from the Fiber to the Home Council shows, countries with higher rates of fiber access tend to be highly dense, where a "fiber to the basement" approach is feasible. Japan is the exception. Generally speaking, fiber to the home penetration is high in countries with high density, though other factors, such as government financial support and regulatory framework, also play an important role.
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Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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