Israel To Get Massive Countrywide Optical Upgrade

Posted by timothy on Thursday December 27, 2012 @06:50AM from the just-in-time-for-the-censorship dept.

A Google Fiberhood-style rollout in the U.S., says a Goldman-Sachs estimate, would cost in the neighborhood of $140 billion. Even for Israel, a country approximately the size of New Jersey, there's a high pricetag ("billions of shekels") for installing fiber optics dense enough to reach most of the population, but just a massive fiber-optic rollout is planned, with the project led by Swedish firm Viaeuropa. If the scheme succeeds, it will cover two thirds of the country over the next 10 years or so.

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Nice! Wonder if the illegal settlements get it too by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-27 06:58 · Score: 0, Troll

Nice! Wonder if the illegal settlements get it too? Kinda useless considering their isp only gives access to 400 orthodox enough sites.
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tanks and nukes! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-27 07:27 · Score: 0, Troll

Israel needs tanks and nukes to fight palestinians with stones, not phiber optical infra-structures :)