I read a nice piece in the Wall Street Journal (subcription required) by Mark Heinzl and Shawn Young about the uptake going on with fiber due to high Internet traffic growth. Basically, all of the hedge bets companies made during the boom years of the 1990's are starting to bear fruit (that is unless the company is bankrupt, sold or otherwise dissolute now). The real growth in Internet use is starting to fill a lot of dark fiber laid for just such capacity need reasons years ago. Not to worry though there is plenty of dark fiber left. The article cites one estimate saying only 14% of submarine dark fiber is likely to be lit up by the end of 2006. Good to know the carriers are driving traffic though. Tim Sanders tim@thefinalmile.net  www.thefinalmile.net  www.wimaxglobalnews.com