[QUOTE]This is the same reason recently developing countries, such as India, have some of the best communications networks in the world, because the infrastructure has only just taken off, I.E. thre was nothing to replace in the first place.[/QUOTE]
Actually I don't think that's 100% correct. Yes, India has an ever expanding IT industry but I was talking to several Indians about their connection speeds and for cities like Delhi and Bangalore 0.25Mb/s is not what I'd describe as typical of the best communications networks in the World. Both of these guys work in IT and recognise the fact that there connections aren't great.
It would stil probably cause hang ups in some way (roadworks, a slight disconnection during the switchover), but whats to stop BT laying down the new infrastructure, getting everything required for the core and the parts between us and the core laid down, connecting it all up, then just doing a big switch in one go, savng them having to disconnect certain areas before switching.
Other than a severe amount of money :v:
If all of the world would use purely fibers, would that mean, we would get even better speed?
Because they want each part online as soon as possible. BT get paid by other broadband suppliers to use their backbones between exchanges. ([url]http://www.llu.org.uk/about.htm[/url]) The limit is bandwidth and physical space in the exchange, the more that they have the more customers that exchange can support, either on their own packages or on others who they supply. More customers means more money.
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