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To: david james who wrote (3480)	10/31/2000 11:43:58 AM
From: danofthebes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3541

Forbes on fiber construction According to research at Lucent's Bell Labs, demand has consistently outstripped forecasts within a matter of a few years. In 1978 Bell Labs believed that the world would never need to move more than one gigabit of data at a time. Capacity is now more like 1,000 times those early forecasts. What about all those wireless broadband networks under construction in Europe? They will in fact help global broadband pipe builders. Much of the wireless Web will pass through the terrestrial lines on its way to mobile handsets. The financing needs of laying fiber in the ground and installing servers and software to carry massive amounts of data look downright reasonable compared with the costs of building a wireless network. The price tag for building new wireless networks in western Europe will be something like $175 billion. By contrast, the top ten fiber-optic builders in Europe will need only another $20 billion to $40 billion over the next few years. forbes.com