WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO BRING FIBER OPTICS TO COMPLETION?
Legal, Social, Ethical, and Security Issues
The introduction of fiber optics to the internet began in 2005 with Verizon FiOS. Since then, multiple companies have developed their own fiber optic cables and have started installing them in some cities. Some steps have to be taken for fiber optics to become widely available though. All the issues listed in the previous paragraphs need to be dealt with or at least taken into account before more development occurs. Legal, social, ethical, and security issues are hurdles every development in technology must overcome. Cost
Another barrier that keeps fiber optics from being integrated is the fact that it is expensive to install. Fiber optic cables cannot just be added onto the old copper wires. They have to be installed just like the copper wires were, and there is a lot of money required to do that. This cost of installation has kept companies from furthering their installation process, and has instead made them crawl at a slow pace towards installing fiber optics to more cities. To deal with the cost, companies much either invest heavily into this development, or find another way to deploy fiber optic cables.