| | SEPTEMBER 20248CIOReviewIN MY OPINIONJohn van OppenFUTUREPROOFING OUR NETWORKSIS THE RIGHT INVESTMENTWe live in a world built on connectivity. Look around. If you're at work, school, or coffee shop, chances are everyone around is connected to the internet (probably on multiple devices). The Internet has become fundamental to our culture, indivisible from daily life and as routine as brushing our teeth. We're consuming more than ever (304 gigabytes of internet traffic per user per month*).Video content is growing exponentially. The number of connected devices is skyrocketing (up to 50 per household this year)! File sizes are increasing. Apps and games are proliferating. Growth is all around.Everything we do requires larger amounts of bandwidth, greater capacity and much quicker download and upload speeds. The byproduct of all this consumption? Your local ISP now has to make considerable network investments to keep up with consumer demand.Delivering for Today, Planning for TomorrowFrom our first day as a company in May 2020, Ziply Fiber has been working to build a new, ultra-fast, 100-percent fiber-optic backbone designed specifically for these higher bandwidth needs of the future. So while we're focused on delivering the connectivity you need for virtual learning, remote working, or simply sitting on the sofa catching up on a favorite show today, we're also thinking ahead and building technology (like 5-gig and 2-gig residential fiber and beyond) to ensure you receive the best possible connectivity for years to come.All ISPs need to be thinking like this.Unless we prepare, our networks will not have the capacity to manage the influx of devices, usage, high-quality content and round-the-clock connectivity that will be increasingly required by society.Fiber-optics: The fastest internetThis need for network evolution is why Ziply Fiber has prioritized aggressive fiber expansion across the Northwest, bringing the fastest possible internet to millions of people at their homes and businesses--and not just in big cities, but in smaller suburbs and rural and frontier communities too, because we believe zip codes shouldn't determine the quality of someone's internet.To put it simply, fiber-optic internet is the gold standard of internet, offering a far more reliable network than cable or DSL. Fiber is designed for data and offers the unique advantage of symmetrical upload and download speeds combined with super low latency. It delivers speeds and reliability that are far superior to any other connection type, meaning people can process more transactions, upload files faster, and enjoy glitch-free video By John van Oppen, Vice President, Network, Ziply Fiber
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