[LINK] Feasibility of fibre [WAS] Great bandwidth, poor latency

[Karl Auer]

On Wed, 2016-04-27 at 11:30 +1000, David Boxall wrote:
> On 27/04/2016 8:57 AM, Tom Worthington wrote:
> > ... (it is not feasible to run fiber to every home in Australia).
> 
> Often asserted, never substantiated.

Costly, yes. Infeasible, definitely NOT. And the costs that people
worry so much about almost NEVER take into account the full panoply of
benefits that ubiquitous networking brings.

"When a distinguished elderly scientist says something is possible, he
is probably right. When a distinguished elderly scientist says
something is probably impossible, he is probably wrong." AC Clarke, I
think. Adapt for context.

Regards, K.

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