From John Davies
You report the growing take-up of radio-over-fibre technology, which can distribute wireless internet to remote locations via a single cable (15 September, p 18). US analyst Jeff Heynen is quoted as saying that an entire town’s wireless traffic could be carried by one such cable.
The internet’s major feature is its multiple connectivity. To limit it to a single medium is to allow it to be controlled, whether by commerce, governments or whoever owns the cable. No wonder it is being championed in China, one of the most repressive countries for internet freedom.
Lancaster, UK
