Is laying fiber cables really expensive?

If there’s one statement I hear consistently is that it must be expensive. But is it? Let’s dig in.

✨Fiber optics cables and you. Why should you care?

Do you use the internet? Watch TV series, movies 📺? Chat with friends? Hell, if you do anything in this modern world 🌍 you have to care. Why? Let me…

The Giant Awakes?

Proximus announced it will start its fiber roll-out in 2017

Proximus made its big announcement this week: Fiber for Belgium program. It will start rolling out fiber to the home next year. Is it good? Is it bad? Is it sufficient…

Osiris.Brussels: How Brussels Coordinates Construction (and What Sucks About It)

You Never Forget That First Connection

Une Comparison de Comparateurs de Fournisseurs d’Internet

Choisir un fournisseur d’Internet en Belgique c’est compliqué. Même si le pays a, en effet, que deux fournisseur dans n’importe quelle adress, il y a beaucoup de choix.

The snakepits under our feet

I’m continuously fascinated by what hides in plain sight. Since I entered this business I’ve heard of a mythical tunnel under Rue de la Loi where new cables can be spliced or laid without having to open the street.

Belgium's Plan To Connect the Disconnected

Alexander De Croo, Minister of Telecom, has been diligently…

“No f*cking way this works!”

What if there are no actual impediments to rolling out an entire new telecom infrastructure? What if all the elements are there waiting for someone to put them together? Could…