Basically there is plenty of dark fiber in the ground. During the.com boom fiber was laid every where but I would say the majority isn't in use. The deal is that companies don't want to pay for more bandwidth that would be required when video becomes more in demand. It might cut into their profits. Those greedy little hobbits:)
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Basically there is plenty of dark fiber in the ground. During the .com boom fiber was laid every where but I would say the majority isn't in use. The deal is that companies don't want to pay for more bandwidth that would be required when video becomes more in demand. It might cut into their profits. Those greedy little hobbits :)