I don’t know why, but this evening got me thinking about broadband delivery over the past 30 years and the future of broadband.
First we had nothing, then along came dial-up and that was amazing and many companies sprung up offering the service. Giants like AOL and Prodigy. Then DSL and Cable came along as well as wireless and dial-up has all but died. Now DSL is basically dead, cable and wireless have gone through several iterations and we are seeing a push to fiber. What’s the possibility in the next 10 years cable and wireless will be dead technologies with fiber at the fore front? Possibly. But then..... is fiber really future proof? We are talking about investing hundreds of millions into fiber infrastructure, because it’s “the future”. But is it? So far every technology delivery mechanism to date has become obsolete in as little as 6-10 years. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
