2023-06-22 03:51:02
Fiber optics: so essential…
Highly political, the fiber optic file is only making slow progress in Switzerland. To the point that the country will be clearly overtaken by France, for example, which has set the end of copper, that is to say XDSL, at 2030… Some European countries are also almost 100% fiber … And In Switzerland, we expect a technological “grounding”?
We had already mentioned this theme in this column, which was kindly reminded to me by an Internet user whom I thank. Indeed, our French friends recently published a more precise schedule of operations…
Painfully just over 70% in 2030
In Switzerland meanwhile, Swisscom, which continues to handle the majority of connections, says it will “develop fiber optic coverage to around 55% by the end of 2025, then to 70-80% by 2030,” according to its latest press release. And meanwhile, in France, everything is changing, for good reasons!
“This closure project is part of the dynamics of modernizing fixed telephony and internet infrastructures, which is one of the government’s priorities. Indeed, the copper network is aging and is experiencing increasing quality of service problems”, it is indicated. on this page posted a few days ago.
Ecological reasons
But that’s not all! “Optical fiber, which consumes on average four times less energy than copper, is gradually being installed, as it proves to be more resilient”, is it still indicated on this page. We might still specify that fiber is much less energy-intensive than 5G to drive the point home.
Too bad that around here we are still at war between owners of totally outdated copper and winded cable. Unfortunately, due to deleterious lobbies, the Swiss political world has never been able to set up a real plan to digitize the country. In particular because of certain “elites” having decades of intellectual delay in digital matters. We get the policies we deserve!
Xavier Studer
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