This weblog being named after the fiber optics technology, it's time to go back to the roots.
Here's an interesting view on the necessary evolution of communications networks, by Jon Oltsik for C|Net. Oltsik' s conclusion :
" More bandwidth is always beneficial, but it is no longer a networking panacea. If we want to add complex network-based applications, we better be ready with an appropriate network architecture."
My take on that : once the FTTH Fiber To The Home networks will be largely deployed in every major city of the World, the whole Telecoms industry will move for a giant overhaul. New fibers for wireline infrastructures, ubiquitous Wifi/WiMax everywhere, and mesh archictecture as the standard.
