Can Cyberspace Access Hold Out Future-Proof?

Remember when fiber-to-home was touted every bit “future-proof?” That contention is solely partially true, every bit it was fifty-fifty when originally argued. The “future-proofing” is right to the extent that physical media does non convey to hold upward replaced when a bandwidth upgrade happens (at to the lowest degree for perchance xv to twenty twelvemonth lifetime of the cables).

But continual speed upgrades are purpose of the marketplace dynamic. Yesterday's ceilings boot the bucket today's floors. In that sense, no network is fully futurity proof.

To a large extent, the Britain has succeeded inwards upgrading most locations to cable TV operators provide 56 per centum of all “superfast” Internet access connections, though having solely almost nineteen per centum of connections.

In belatedly 2014, for example, the overstep speed supplied past times BT was 65 Mbps. The overstep speed supplied past times Virgin Media was 159 Mbps.

Since virtually all fixed network Internet access connections immediately are broadband, the ongoing trial is how to define “broadband.”