Reflect on the thought that domestic internet speeds have increased from ~10kbps in 1993 to ~40mbps (my cheap package) today. An increase over the last 30 years of 40,000 times - I personally doubt the future will repeat this growth.
The volume of data has grown - we now routinely download film, music, social media etc. Some folk seem incapable of survival without hand, screen, eyes, brain interfaces in constant use.
Burying cables be they fibre or metal is yesterdays tech - it only exists because it was needed a few years ago. The limited reasons for using a hardwired broadband connection are (a) old habits die hard, and (b) I have some systems redundancy with a landline and smartphone.
New properties are being built without landline connectivity. Internet is being actively targeted by smartphone service providers. The outlook for domestic users is pretty clear. The only issue is the extent to which the whole network starts to adopt the rapidly changing technology.
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