The step from 2.5 gigabits down to 1 gigabit Ethernet might seem wasteful. Local and wide area nets would merge in yet another fundamental simplification. In Canada, a lot of municipal fiber already exists, thanks to favorable regulatory policy. But in the U.S., bean counters of communications behemoths shy from huge installation costs. They look at today's applications and figure that current networks can be kludged to handle them.
Canadian users dare discover.
Meanwhile, U.S. telcos manage mawkish mergers, dither with DSL and forget fiber to the home. Look north, young entrepreneur. Copyright 1999 Advanstar Publishing. There was so much here that didn't fit into a 750 word America's Network article. U.S. FCC Commissioner Michael Powell, at New Jersey BPU telecom meeting, November 6, 1998.