| The Sooner the Better From a more global perspective such a positive impact would be noticeable as long as the communities deploying fiber gain a competitive advantage. So the sooner fiber is deployed the greater advantage it would produce. The question is then how much of that growth is infused from outside and how much it is "homegrown".
Having fiber though is only a tiny bit of the equation. Equipping it and running it properly is a whole other story. Cable is a perfect example. We have a broadband "pipe" into out homes, but we don't have an operating entity in most cases willing to deploy the full capabilities of that link. Finding the trade-off between a profit-making, penny-counting selfish entity and a corrupt, inefficient, but by definition more benevolent one remains the challenge, not the fiber itself. |
