A review of the publication by Infrastructure Australia - A Report to the Council of Australian Governments, December 2008.
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[ Infrastructure Australia A Report to COAG ]
FEW communications technologies are as remarkable as fibre optics. Commercial fibre-optic cable first became available in 1981; since then hundreds of millions of cable kilometres have been laid across the world. Over the years, the quality of the cable has improved dramatically: by providing a progressively clearer transmission medium, fibre-optic cables have allowed vast increases in the volumes of information carried over the light waves they channel. Were the oceans as transparent as the cables that are now available, you would be able to stand in the middle of the Pacific and see the ocean floor....
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[ PM orders high-fibre diet ]
It is finally being recognised that substantial parts of our infrastructure industries face serious capacity constraints. The factors behind this are complex.