Pandemic re-calibrates investment thinking on fibre networks
Fibre to the x projects now seen as potential money-spinners
Long-term assets will provide long-term return on investments
Virgin Media in the UK has biggest ever download day? Over 20GB per subscriber
Pre-Covid, demand for broadband connectivity across the world was already intense. Since the pandemic struck that demand has become insatiable. Overall, networks have held up very well and proved resilient to the enormous and increasing strain that has been placed upon them. Network operators responded quickly and responsibly to instantly changed circumstances that would have taken years to accommodate in the course of the usual development cycles had the virus had not struck the global population and changed the course of human history.