Plain old copper has seen similar "appreciation": https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1219210/000119312513418723/g586886g15m40.jpg https://www.sec.gov/Arch

Plain old copper has seen similar "appreciation": https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1219210/000119312513418723/g586886g15m40.jpg https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1219210/000119312513... Of course none of that ever makes it to the consumer, investment is stagnant or down and all this tech ends up achieving is accommodating higher Internet penetration (and customer counts). Here is the DOCSIS evolution: http://www.cablelabs.com/full-duplex-docsis/ http://www.cablelabs.com/full-duplex-docsis/ All this cable infrastructure previously wasted on free to air crap has turned into a veritable gold mine with no further investment and tech again making up for all the growth so you don't have to spend any. Sure, Moore isn't helping dig trenches but he sure has been tremendously helpful in turning that ole shitty copper wiring financed by Uncle Sam into a lot of green.