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Today’s post is about two recent writings that really need to be read together.
As ever at this time of year, the FTTH Council Europe Annual Conference (this year in Warsaw) brings an intense focus on the reality of fibre technologies, new understandings of user experiences, the surprising impacts on network revenues and cost-reductions in network deployments – particularly in construction costs. More than that, the longer-term implications beyond 2022 get the attention of analysts and provide a useful context for current policy debate – especially in the UK and Germany where long-standing addictions to short-term goals (under cover of investment caution) seem increasingly out of kilter with demand and long-term economic health.
Then, coming back to the UK, one cannot help but notice that, remarkably, there is a sea change in the awareness of private and public policy influencers evident in multiple reports – the painstaking work of committees, commissions and consultations that has moved beyond acceptance of legacy constraints. Even in the House of Lords they have noticed that ‘We are facing a tsunami of technological change, driven by the digital revolution, affecting virtually all areas of our lives.’ Pushing against the wall, the muscle of ‘something must‘ now has the strength and determination to become ‘something can and will‘.
Cynics may say that this is but advanced wishful thinking – too early to call. But the wall is beyond patching. The weather has set in. The mortar mix (equal parts, fear, ego and greed) is crumbling. Time to take it apart and build something sustainable.
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