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I think once you have fiber to peoples homes, you don’t really need to dig it all up again for probably another 50 years. Replacing every copper cable with fibe
by AlphaSite 3y ago
I think once you have fiber to peoples homes, you don’t really need to dig it all up again for probably another 50 years. Replacing every copper cable with fiber in the country is a gargantuan effort.
- flumpcakes 3y agoThat might be true if it was proper FTTP, as optical glass can last centuries, and is the perfect practical medium for information transfer. You could probably do it once and never have to replace it ever again. But BT cheaped out and put down GPON. Maybe in 50 years time the average household will need more than 100Mb/s upload.