Fibre optics are the future of data transfer, no matter what your opinion on the NBN. But in Germany, the future’s already here: Deutsche Telekom has a working 512Gbps optical fibre that’s working in the real world. I want it.
Fiber optics. It sounds fast (it is). But it also sounds expensive (it is). So expensive, it turns out, that Verizon has announced that it’s winding down expansion of its FiOS network. It will keep plugging away in markets that it has already announced—Philly, New York City, and D.C., chiefly—but it won’t be looking at expanding FiOS to any more major cities. The AP report gives a sense of how expensive the endeavor was for Verizon:
