The broadband debate...
05
Back to the future
Whenever we enter a new year it’s natural that we look forward and consider what the
year might hold for us on both a personal and professional level. For data centre industry
professionals 2019 is undoubtedly going to be an exciting year as the industry pushes
Not a month goes by without someone finding a new forwards
way to in send
vast amounts
of data down a single fibre, but how will
a number
of key ways.
ever-present high-speed broadband make a difference to our Internet experience? We could be interconnected with experts from
So in this issue,
we’re going
to be
at communities
some of the key
areas affecting
all conceivable professions, accessing scientific and everyday
equipment
all over
the looking
globe, forwards
reaching
of subject
all shapes
the industry.
From
to future-proofing
the data centre
micro data
centres and
and sizes, using all sorts of new applications and services
— all in
real 5G
time.
High-speed broadband
can to enable
our projects
to much
to mention
our way
popular
interview
a very
much a future-orientated
angle with
be adopted across both our business and social lives, more.
and Not
the only
effective
to deliver
this has
future
is with
fibre optic-based
views from industry experts.
infrastructure.Tech investment is hitting record highs in the UK and the essential foundation of this booming growth is access to
broadband. In an ideal world the whole of the United Kingdom’s telecoms network would be based off a pure fibre optic network,
James Abbott
but in reality it makes more economic sense to upgrade
what
already exists.
Editor
– Networks
Europe Convincing stakeholders that fibre is a necessary
investment is yet another obstacle. There is a clear role here for providers to help demonstrate the business case for fibre. The good
news is that all of the major operators are bringing fibre optic cables ever closer to homes, but we need to focus on take-up of
superfast broadband by businesses, not just consumers. In ten or twenty years we might be able to replace the last few metres of
copper and coax with a true fibre optic connection, but time will tell.
Enjoy the issue.
Nick Wells
Editor – Netcomms Europe
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NETCOMMS europe Volume V Issue 3 2015